A Non-Exhaustive List of the Most Iconic Exes in Classic Literature
A Non-Exhaustive List of the Most Iconic Exes in Classic Literature

With Valentine’s Day and all that comes with it on the horizon, Milena Le Fouillé takes a look not at the greatest lovers in history but at the most iconic exes in classic literature.

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Literature, CultureMilena Le FouilléRebecca, Daphne du Maurier, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, Wide Sargasso Sea, Mr Rochester, Antoinette Cosway, contributor post, contributor posts, The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas, Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby, Merteuil and Valmont, Dangerous Liaisons, Les Liaisons dangereuses, Pierre Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos, Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, popular, Milena Le Fouillé, Valentine's Day Comment
Scent and Story: Perfumes for Your Favorite Literary Characters
Scent and Story: Perfumes for Your Favorite Literary Characters

“One of the things I love most about perfume is its transformative power — on a level most people aren’t fully aware of, scent has the power to evoke entire histories and characteristics within seconds, changing our perception of other people and ourselves, and giving us a unique tool for self-expression and disguise.” Perfume Columnist Tariq Hoosen takes us into the pages of favorite books to pair characters with unique scents.

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Beauty, LiteratureMishka HoosenAnne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne Shirley, Anna Karenina, perfume, scent, scent and story, perfumes as characters, characters as perfumes, literary characters, classic literature, literary characters as perfumes, Portrait of a Lady, Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle, Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lolita Lempicka, Katherine Clifton, The English Patient, Vol de Nuit, Mishka Hoosen, contributor post, Tariq HoosenComment
Subverting Sleeping Beauty: How My Year of Rest and Relaxation Deconstructs the “Woman Who Sleeps”
Subverting Sleeping Beauty: How My Year of Rest and Relaxation Deconstructs the “Woman Who Sleeps”

Milena Glicenstein explores the oddly familiar yet unsettling aspects of My Year of Rest and Relaxation, looking at literary influences and the subversion of fairy tale tropes.

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Literature, Book ReviewsMilena Le FouilléMy Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh, Georges Perec, sleep, A Man Asleep, Un homme qui dort, fairy tales, fairy tale tropes, sleeping women in fairy tales, Sleeping Beauty, The Brothers Grimm, Sole, Luna, e Talia, Sun, Moon and Talia, winter, Giambattista Basile, Yasunari Kawabata, House of Sleeping Beauties, Anne Sexton, popular Comment
Cold Weather Skincare
Cold Weather Skincare

As the internet becomes more and more saturated with this beauty trend or that, members of The Attic gather to discuss their own skin issues at this time of year and the trusted products that have worked for them.

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BeautyThe Attic On Eighthbeauty, beauty essentials, skincare, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Raquel Reyes, Mishka Hoosen, winter skincare, cold weather, skin care, winter skin care, cold weather skincare, cold weather skin care, Caudalie, Glossier, Kiehl's, NUXES, NUXE, Bobbi Brown, rosewater, rose quartz roller, Himalayan Charcoal Mask, Bee Natural, LUSH, Rituals, popularComment
What We’re Reading, Vol. 5
What We’re Reading, Vol. 5

As we reach the height of winter and begin settling into a new year, Attic members share the stories that have them cozying up to the radiator this month.

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LiteratureThe Attic On EighthAnne Therese Fowler, Tara Isabella Burton, Edith Wharton, Anne de Courcy, literature, What We're Reading, A Well-Behaved Woman, The Fulness of Life, The Muses's Tragedy, The Husband Hunters, Alva Vanderbilt, The Gilded Age, The Glimpses of the Moon, Old New York, Social Creature, The House of Mirth, popular, Raquel Reyes, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Lauren Olmeda, Rory Mara, Rachel TayComment