In the Studio with Goest

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Jacqueline Steele's narrative scents are comparable to the most vivid vignettes. She is a purveyor of stories, moments in place and time that are preserved through her fragrance house, Goest. For instance, Dauphine is a scent inspired by Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette not in that it’s reminiscent of the ill-fated queen herself but because of the layered notes that encapsulate a scene from Coppola's film: rose-water pastries with cream, powder and soap on skin, an abundance of fully bloomed roses. 

We’re thrilled to now offer four scents from the Goest library, both in the tiny beauty corner of our Bedford shop and online. Available in classic square cut mini flacons, they can be tossed into a clutch as a travel go-to, or tied to a handwritten note as a teensy and perfect present. 

Catbird caught up with Jacqueline recently to hear more on running a one-woman fragrance house, how she found her start, and the most memorable custom fragrance she’s created.

What We're Giving: Allison

AK is spot on with each of her thoughtful gifts for the special ladies in her life.

Black Cashmere Poptop Gloves - to my mom because I lost one of her favorite cashmere gloves in high school. It's been a long time coming and I hope these will make-up for it. $82.00

Rodin Olio Lusso Perfume - to my cousin because she may or may not stop by Catbird all too often just to grab a whiff. $220.00

Lilac Rouge - to my sister because she is a beauty-product-queen and texted me literally within seconds of it going online saying she had to have it. $22.00

Famous Lovers: Gomez and Morticia Addams

May we suggest a very strange brew, for a very strange crew. Burning Barbershop smells like history, and mystery...

A fire broke out in the Curling Bros. barbershop in Westlake, NY in 1891. All the shaving tonics with their spearmint, lime, and vanilla and lavender burned. A charred bottle was found half-full. It smelled like this.

 A touch of arson is just the thing for Mr. and Mrs. Addams.

-Leigh

Burning Barbershop by D.S. & Durga, $96 in store and online

Light, Sparkling, and a touch Floral

A meeting of summer diet and Claire's mild obsession with D.S. & Durga's Coriander Eau de Parfum has led to impromptu weekend lunches of salads and red lentil soup. For the soup I simmer a cup of red lentils with 2 cups water, 2 cups vegetable broth, season with salt, black pepper, cumin, and loads of coriander, garnish with a spoonful of Greek yogurt and finely chopped green onions. Tastes as good as D.S. & Durga's Coriander smells.

D.S. & Durga Coriander Eau de Parfum, $75

Sweet, like mead and mink

Gucci is sponsoring the restoration of La Dolce Vita, and this morning I'm wondering if the vivacious Anita Ekberg would've smelled more like Tocca's Stella or Cleopatra when that little white kitten (or, Marcello) nuzzled in her neck. I'm going to mull it over today with our resident nose, Joanie, who, by the by, has been working her little nostrils into a heavenly fatigue, helping Rony with the Catbird signature candle line. It's coming, and it's going to be grand.