Opération Séduction 10: White Shoulders

July 28, 2014

White Shoulders is a favorite perfume of mine, very feminine and old-fashioned. It smells like gardenia, lily-of-the-valley, lilac, and tuberose. …

Opération Séduction 9: Obsession

July 21, 2014

Obsession, a fragrance by Calvin Klein, appeared in the mid-80s, but it really took off with a series of provocative ads in …

July 14, 2014

Électrique was introduced by Max Factor in 1955. I love this sexy magazine ad: “Dazzling moment, when the thrill of …

July 7, 2014

I have a restaurant crush. I want to dine at Nineteen, a swank rooftop jewelbox on Rittenhouse Square in Philly. …

June 30, 2014

Peter, the hero (antihero?) in my story Operation Séduction, is fond of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. He likes to refer …

June 23, 2014

Like Cynthia Gooden, the heroine in Opération Séduction, I have never been able to wear perfume. It gives me a …

June 2, 2014

Chanel’s Égoïste is the fragrance I used in Opération Séduction to introduce heartbreaker Peter Noel, the toast of the female …

May 25, 2014

Elaine Sciolino’s riveting 2012 book La Séduction is about an aspect of French culture that in the US is mostly notable …

December 6, 2013

Georgette Heyer is a top-selling author, but most people have never heard of her– unless they work in a public …