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...teamed up with the noses at IFF to create a set of 15 scents that encapsulate the alternately pungent and sweet-smelling progression of Grenouille's story. Though most of the aromas are enjoyable, not all are wearable. Human Existence, for example, is downright vile. The collection culminates with Aura, a light, thoughtful elixir containing 84 ingredients. Available exclusively at www.perfume.thierrymugler.com the coffret, above...
Lest we dismiss this story as, to borrow a line from one of its characters, “only literature,” our historian reminds us that it is a history; Kostova not-so-subtly tries to inject an aura of verisimilitude into the novel...
...other Bond woman has displayed such emotional complexity, although a few have come close. Pussy Galore threw a few feminist punches in “Goldfinger,” but eventually succumbed to the irresistible aura of 007—then rendered as a debonair playboy by Sean Connery. Craig’s Bond is less suave and more sardonic; Green’s Vesper also has barbs aplenty up her masculine suit jacket sleeves to sling back at her nemesis and future lover...
...themselves is that they’re completely unstable. The frequency with which people update their facebook profiles is mind-boggling. We’re constantly adding quotes, subtracting interests, re-writing the “about me” blurb, and generally just trying to tweak the whole aura that we give off. Then there’s Hilton, who is a sex-tape kitten one minute and celibate the next. However, it’s extremely unlikely that some fundamental part of ourselves changes and requires redefinition as often as we claim...
...pound frame of center Frank Fernandez emanates an aura of quiet leadership and athletic prowess.As the senior prepares to play his last game in a Harvard uniform, he looks back on his fondest memory.“My sophomore year being part of that undefeated team, going down to Penn and winning, being Ivy League champions, it was really just a great moment,” he recalls.That the defining moment of his football career was not an individual achievement, but rather being a part of a team effort, speaks volumes about Fernandez’s persona.Never an individualist, Fernandez?...