Beauty Quote by Alexandra Kleeman

“It all smelled like beauty products, that anonymous female scent that we rub onto ourselves to blend into a wet, aggregate femininity, to smell like a person but not like any person in particular.” quote by Alexandra Kleeman — Download Open image

““It all smelled like beauty products, that anonymous female scent that we rub onto ourselves to blend into a wet, aggregate femininity, to smell like a person but not like any person in particular.””

Alexandra Kleeman

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