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Just like a work of visual art\, fashio n\, or architecture\, a perfume can capture a time and place. Why\, for ex ample\, was Molinard Habanita the perfect scented accessory for a flapper of the 1920s? And how did Christian Dior Diorissimo complement Dior&rsquo\ ;s fashion designs and their postwar ideals of femininity? This illustrate d lecture will encourage us to think about fragrance both as a universal e xperience and as a specific cultural phenomenon of the 20th century.
\nPresented by Jessica Murphy\, Ph.D.\, Museum Professional &\; Art Hi storian.
\nJessica Murphy holds a Ph.D. in Art History and has worke d in the museum field for more than a decade\, at institutions including t he Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2015 she joined the staff of the Brooklyn Museum\, where she is currently Manag er of Visitor Engagement. She&rsquo\;s also fascinated by perfume and she shares her combined interests in art\, fragrance\, and cultural history in classes at the Brooklyn Brainery\, Think Olio\, and other venues. She&rsq uo\;s a contributing writer at the leading perfume blog Now Smell This and she blogs independently as Perfume Professor.
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