Marlen Harrison
About Marlen Harrison
Marlen Harrison is the creator and editor of PerfumeCritic.com. As well as a column for Basenotes.net, Marlen's other writing has included regular contributions to NowSmellThis blog, BeautyAddictMag, and The Washington Blade.
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Ferme les Yeux, Ellen Barkin: Experiencing JAR Parfums
16 January 2007 Columnists
Basenotes columnist, Marlen Harrison, 'experiences' the JAR boutique at Bergdorf Goodman....
The Anti-Scentites
22 October 2006 Columnists
At the end of May, a proposal was made in Ottawa that was by all means indecent. Sure, Canada has led the way towards progress these past few years by allowing folks to actually smoke a little marijuana during their gay weddings. But to actually propose a city-wide ban on fragrances and scented products? Well, that's just sad, really. ...
Scents from the South: an interview with Colombian fashion and fragrance designer, Jean Pascal
10 August 2006 Interviews
Jean Pascal is a Genevan-born, Colombia-based fashion designer, whose fragrances have generated a lot of recent interest on the Basenotes Community. Marlen Harrison speaks to the man himself....
Me and Jasina - Overdosing with Singapore's darling
30 May 2006 Columnists
On December 24th I officially hit rock bottom. I ended up puffing on my asthma inhaler at a small showroom jam-packed with the best and discontinued. I clawed my way through the stacks, ran from wall to wall as Tricia, my trusty companion stood by with a camera to document my fall......
Modern Perfumer Inspired by Scents of the Past: An interview with René Laruelle
04 May 2006 Interviews
René Laruelle talks with our Addicted columnist, Marlen Harrison, about how he became enchanted with fragrance, his experiences as a perfumer, and his own creations, three of which have the distinction of being included in the famous Osmotheque....
Wearing Whatever I Damn Well Please
14 March 2006 Columnists
Once upon a time, fragrance was seen as an anointment, oils and powders were massaged into the body to bewitch, enbalm and consecrate. As time passed, fragrance was created for use as masking agents for body odours, as a cleanser and antiseptic and even as a method of murder (poison gloves anyone?). In the last century however, with advances in chemistry and the advent of global branding, we have seen fragrance become the ultimate accessory of the everyman (and woman)...
La Collection Revisited or My Dad's House
27 January 2006 Columnists
Sometime during the first week of April, 2006, I will return to the United States and leave behind the Land of the Rising Sun. This is not an easy thing to do: I have lived here for nearly 4 years and to be blunt about it, the experience has in many ways saved my life...
Scents good enough for 007 and Jaded Emperors: An interview with Agatha Brown
10 January 2006 Interviews
Agatha Brown is a fashion designer and perfume creator based in Aruba. Agatha talks to Marlen about her current fragrances, and provides a sneak preview of her forthcoming scent: Hearts and Flowers...
Bus Clean
25 November 2005 Columnists
For the past 4 years I have lived in Western Japan, a place where, surprisingly, designer fragrances CAN be found at affordable prices, though inevitably no one will ever understand you when you tell them what you are wearing because they have their own way of pronouncing Western words. My "Versace Blue Jeans" becomes "Ve-ru-sa-su Bu-ru Ji-n-zu" and my "Clinique Happy" becomes "Ku-ri-ni-ku Hah-pi". "Why is this?" you ask......
Man Almost Blinded by Beleaf
18 October 2005 Columnists
A trip to the Body Shop proved near fatal for one American man on Tuesday when a bottle of their "Beleaf" fragrance sprayed sideways into the right eye of our columnist, Marlen Harrison...
When is it simply too much?
14 September 2005 Columnists
Marlen Harrison, Basenotes Community moderator and one of the Now Smell This bloggers starts a monthly column on Basenotes this month. In this months column, Marlen takes a look at his large perfume collection and asks: When is it simply too much...
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