Sunday Sundries: Bella Freud scents, GIFs and defining success

Have spent most of the weekend making GIFs for a Buzzfeed post on packing, you can see my last one here, nothing more fun than setting up a tripod and making some silly moving pictures.

Went to the launch of Bella Freud’s perfume range at Harvey Nichols, a trio of pleasing scents that all feel close to actual skin smells, but better. From the ultra-feminine Je t’aime Jane to the unisex Ginsberg is God and my favourite, 1970 which is a heady, incense scent with woody notes.

Brilliant flowchart on navigating the ‘tu’ or ‘vous’ minefield in French, includes the important question ‘is the child like a prince or something?’ (LA Times)

This Design Sponge piece on defining success is a really great, honest piece about doing what feels true to you, not just following the direction you’re supposed to go in. (Design Sponge)

I’ve been meaning to post about Return of the Rudeboy at Somerset House for ages, I didn’t fully get on board with some of the curation (where are the captions to tell you about the significance of the people photographed?) it’s definitely worth an afternoon wander. (Somerset House)

This is kind of old, but Town & Country’s interview with Chloe Sevigny is a must-read, it covers her youth growing up in Connecticut, being a New York It Girl and being a fashion misfit. Chloe is someone who has never lost her cool as the years have gone by, and at 39 is still totally killing it. (Town & Country)