Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick appears in the diary through a brief perfume-event encounter that joins celebrity publicity to the practical details of promoting a product. The account identifies her as distributing the fragrance herself and captures its conspicuous scent, but offers no broader biographical portrait.

The Stringfellow’s Appearance

Andy Warhol asked Paige to accompany him to Dionne Warwick’s perfume event at Stringfellow’s. Paige brought an issue of Interview containing a write-up the magazine had given Warwick’s perfume when it first came out the previous year. Before Paige could give it to Warwick, Jacques Bellini took it from her. The diary does not explain why he intervened or whether Warwick saw the issue.

The appearance itself was described as easy: Warhol and Paige were photographed and then left. Stringfellow and his daughter were also there. The episode presents Warwick within the compact mechanics of a celebrity event—an intended handoff, a photograph, and a quick departure—rather than as the subject of an extended conversation.

The Fragrance and Its Promotion

Warwick was distributing the perfume herself, a detail that distinguishes the event from a simple appearance on behalf of a product managed by others. Warhol described the scent as resembling lemon chiffon pie and emphasized that it was very strong. That sensory impression is the entry’s most specific description of the fragrance; it gives the product a vivid presence even though the diary supplies no name or further information about it.

The Evening’s Wider Context

After the event, Warhol and Paige went to Nippon for dinner. Paige paid, and Warhol noted that there was plenty of free food. They also discussed his plans for the year: another photography exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery, followed by new paintings at Mary Boone Gallery, though he did not yet know what those paintings would be. Warwick’s event thus sits in the middle of a working evening, connecting a magazine’s earlier coverage of her perfume with Warhol’s own upcoming exhibitions and social schedule.