The core group of USC’s NIT championship teams will face Clemson alumni in Columbia this week. And though it’s still a rivalry, winning isn’t everything.
By day Carlos Powell sold shoes; late into the night, he vlogged about his true passion: perfume.
Carlos Powell in 2018, at the Creed Boutique on Madison Avenue in New York City.Credit.Steven Gavrielatos
By Lauren Mechling
March 17, 2021
Carlos J. Powell wasn’t at the front rank of the fragrance machine. Luxury brands didn’t invite him to party at their ateliers in Venice or to go rose picking at dawn with influencers in Isparta, Turkey.
Mr. Powell, who lived in Sheepshead Bay and was known to his fans on YouTube as Brooklyn Fragrance Lover, worked as a children’s shoe salesman at Lester’s Clothing and Shoes for 35 years before he was laid off early in the pandemic. He roomed with two cats, Claude and Jean (named after Jean Claude Ellena, a master perfumer), and his fragrance collection, with bottles numbering in the thousands.
One year on: Gallatin Co. reflects on COVID and the impacts on life
Fear, frustration and anger boiled over in March 2021
Saturday, March 13, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary that Montanans have been living with COVID-19 according to health departments across the state.
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BOZEMAN â Saturday, March 13, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary that Montanans have been living with COVID-19 according to health departments across the state.
And it started right here in Gallatin County.
In a three-part series, our Cody Boyer sits down once more with the man who has been at the forefront of the Gallatin County battle against the virus to reflect on what he, as well as all of us, have gone through so far.