Post from Manhattan Minds, an inspired blog on New York City Art, Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle, by the Founder, Mona Maine de Biran...

For the first time, New York City is hosting World Pride. It is showing up to be, as one can only expect of one of the world’s greatest cities, truly fantastic! This year is especially noteworthy, as any New Yorker who hasn’t been living under a rock already knows, since it marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – the historic rebellion that opened the door for the modern LGBT rights movement. 

For the full month of June, many NYC residents and visitors from all over the country will be uniting to celebrate the great strides that have been made toward gay rights and to shine a light on issues that are still to be resolved. 

There are so many ways this month to be inspired by artists, speakers and your fellow New Yorkers. But, before getting into the fun of things, I ventured to explore the history.

Post from Manhattan Minds, an inspired blog on New York City Art, Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle by the Founder, Mona Maine de Biran...

If you’re a fan of all things perfume, you’ve no doubt heard of Brooklyn Fragrance Lover – also known as Carlos J. Powell. He has more than 6,500 followers on his Brooklyn Fragrance Lover Facebook page and a cult following on his popular YouTube channel where some of his uploads have garnished more than 100,000 views. That’s a sum which, by fragrance community (aka FragComm) standards, is HUGE!

Carlos has been blogging for over a decade and is known and widely respected for his in-depth, enthusiastic and equitable reviews of all sorts of perfumes and fun giveaways of full size bottles. No perfume is too mainstream or too obscure for him to analyze and share his thoughts.