Category Archives: Japan
Columnist & Editor
Marlen has been working in the fragrance industry since 1990. Having started in sales and line representation, he later began a career in fragrance journalism as a writer for such notable sites as NowSmellThis and Basenotes. Marlen’s contributions have been included in The Washington Blade, MensJournal.com, MensFitness.com, Playboy.com, Forbes.com, NYTimes.com and international publications such as Finland’s…
Call-EJ: Keypal friendships and their influences on ESL learner development
“The purpose of the studies was to examine aspects of keypal email exchange projects currently in development in English language classes at two Japanese universities: One purpose of these studies was to look at pedagogical aspects of the project, including implementation, and perceived and long-term benefits of such projects.”
Book Chapter: Taking the teacher out of the test – Exploring student automomy in EFL classroom testing
Harrison, M. (2006). Taking the teacher out of the test: Exploring student automomy in EFL classroom testing. In M. Koyama & E. Skier (Eds.) More autonomy you ask (MAYA) . (pp. 137-146). Tokyo: JALT LD. Harrison (chapter seven) used the creation of tests as both a learning and assessment tool to great effect, but in order to do so…
Fragrance Writing at Basenotes
In addition to Fragrantica.com, Marlen has also contributed to the following: BASENOTES, 2005-2014 (10 articles) Addicted: The Ramblings of a Fragrance Junkie Interview with Agatha Brown Interview with Jean Pascal
PhD Research: Language & Identity
“…I ask him if he is ‘out’ and he looks at me, moves his head slightly forward and asks, ‘Pardon?’” “Are you out of the closet?” I explain. He shakes his head from side to side a little, leans in and says slowly, “I’m not gay in Japanese, I’m only gay in English.” The above…
Blinded by Beleaf
Image by Grant Osborne Osaka, Japan – A trip to the Body Shop proved near fatal for one American man on Tuesday when a bottle of their “Beleaf”fragrance sprayed sideways into the right eye of Marlen Harrison, an American who claims to be a university professor. Harrison, a self-described fragrance addict whose sole purpose for…