Mean spirited or thoughtless age profiling pervades our culture and even influences how we write and talk about fragrance
Read More...These are the posts from July 2016
July 30, 2016
Olympic Orchids X CaFleureBon Name that Tune Noteworthy Music Project Grand Prize Winner and 3 Finalists
Ellen Covey of Olympic Orchids chose the grand prize winner and finalists of the contest and they are
Read More...Amoureuse is Mad Men’s Joan Holloway, a languorous odalisque on a bed of silken pillows, the Nigella Lawson of perfumes:
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July 29, 2016
WE LOVE THIS STORE: Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique & Apothecary + Perfumes Grow in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn E-Card Draw
Eric Weiser walked me through how Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique’s knowledgeable staff Stamatis Birsimijoglou, Carla Seipp, & Krista Miller, work with a new customer.
Read More...I eventually opened my salon, Khamit Kinks in TriBeCa, a tony section of lower Manhattan. It attracted Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, Iman, Lenny Kravitz, Serena Williams
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July 28, 2016
New Fragrance Review: Atelier Cologne Citron D’Erable (Jerome Epinette) + Sephora Canada Exclusive Draw
We have no lemons in our Canadian Shield wilderness, and this is where the magic happens in Atelier Colgone Citron d’Erable.
Read More...Joseph Quartana has done some of the most original work I’ve ever come across with Wolfsbane
Read More...if you’re bored with the usual citrus splashes, the ever-inventive, never literal Pierre Guillaume composed 3 under-the-radar scents for Parfumerie Generale in 2006
Read More...The name Vi Et Armis Force of Arms was the motto of the British East Indies Co (Latin for Force and Arms).
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July 26, 2016
New Fragrance Review: Floris London Bergamotto di Positano (Youtube) + Let’s Go to the Amalfi Coast Draw
Floris Bergamotto di Positano a perfect scent for summer and will transition nicely from warmer weather into the fall
Read More...No matter what the reason one wears Incensum, there will be a moment of pause… many moments of pleasure..
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July 25, 2016
Perfumer’s Workshop: How to Create an Orchid Perfume (Ellen Covey and Juan M. Perez) +The Orchid Whisperer Draw
There is no such thing as orchid extraits; it cannot be derived naturally through the flower. How does Ellen Covey and Juan M. Perez create their Orchid Perfume
Read More...M. Micallef celebrates 20 years with a new perfume
Read More...I have been mixing my own Secret Scent for years and have been fascinated by the idea that one’s perfume can attract others -Charlotte Tilbury
Read More...Hatshepsut wondered at her posterity, engraving her worries on an obelisk in the great temple of Amun at Karnak
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July 24, 2016
Fragrance Reviews: La Fleur by Livvy “Parisian Affair” and “White Lotus”(Olivia Larson) + La Fleuriste Pefume Draw
These are the kind of fragrances people would comment on how “you” smell rather than how your “perfume” smells. This is how perfume transforms you rather than scents you.
Read More...Le Mat is a thrilling creature, deceptively balsamic, warm and sensual. It begins aloof, suspended even
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July 23, 2016
Name That Tune and Name A Perfume: Ellen Covey of Olympic Orchids X CaFleureBon Noteworthy Music Project
Ellen Covey and Cafleurebon are holding a contest for a new Olympic Orchid Perfume that you name after a song
Read More...Caron Farnesiana was created in 1949 upon notes Daltroff left behind. If one is not familiar with what Farnesiana is, it is the lovely golden yellow flower known as Mimosa
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July 22, 2016
Fragrant Awakenings: Annick Goutal Eau d’Hadrian (AnnickGoutal/Isabelle Doyen)1981+ Cypress and Citrus Draw
Annick Goutal Eau d’Hadrien was the first niche perfume I ever bought. The notes are extraordinary in their simplicity with a great audacity that is never overbearing.
Read More...Created in collaboration with Karine Vinchon-Spehner of Robertet in 2010, Memoir Man is one of the more unique Amouage fragrances
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July 21, 2016
Unsung Perfume Hero: Amoureuse (DelRae Roth/Michel Roudnitska) 2002+ Sexy Curves Ahead Draw
Parfums Delrae Amoureuse is a languorous odalisque on a bed of silken pillows, the Nigella Lawson of perfumes: voluptuous, luscious and unapologetically female
Read More...Dilettante could easily translate into any season, provided one is fond of the orange tree in general. There is a resinous smoke in the dry down which is sublime
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July 20, 2016
ÇaFleureBon Profiles In American Perfumery: Anu Prestonia of Anu Essentials + Salon & Scent, Heal & Inspire Draw
Perfume is an art form in the USA. In other parts of the world there are regulations and barriers to join what appears to be an elitist and exclusive club to become a perfumer.
Read More...Perfumer Sara McCartney has composed a classically structured chypre scent that blends some of Mother Nature’s bountiful offerings with 21st century synthetics
Read More...Fortunately there are still passionate houses with bold perspectives. Without a doubt Initio is one of them which debuted in 2015
Read More...Joseph Quartana has done some of the most original work I’ve ever come across with Wolfsbane. If this is poison, friend, pass me my wine and leave me to drink it all.
Read More...Ex Nihilio Amber Sky is inspired by the beauty of the sun setting over the Bosphorus
Read More...“Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whiskey, and religion”-George Bernard Shaw
Read More...Aether is definitively a 2016 brand composed of 100% synthetic molecules that shows the abilities to create contemporary and advanced perfumery.
Read More...Solstice Scents Insensum slowly burns on the skin
Read More...Roberto Drago is not a man who allows mediocrity or misadventure past his door and has found as others before him have found in Luca Maffei an alchemist of spellbinding talent,
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July 16, 2016
Perfume Review: Sharini Parfums Naturels Santal Blanc and Rose Blanche (Nicholas Jennings) + Les Nabis Draw
Each are perfume projections onto a “blanc” screen of sandalwood- much like movies are projected onto a white screen
Read More...Take this job and shove it! No, not THIS JOB as perfume writers, but work we did in our younger years
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July 15, 2016
New Perfume Review: Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut (Douglas Bender/Cecile Hua) +The First Female Pharaoh of Egypt Draw
Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut achieves the unusual quality of never seeming either truly masculine or feminine,
Read More...Hay absolute dominates Sonoma Scent Studio Equestrian right out of the gate.
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July 14, 2016
New Fragrance Review: Mendittorosa Odori d’Anima Le Mat + Stefania Squeglia’s Perfume As Soulfood Draw
With Le Mat, Stefania Squeglia was interested less in the future-telling aspects of Tarot, more the complex set of symbols & multiple meanings into the cards and their depictions.
Read More...Heather Kaufman of Jolie Laide Masculin Féminin, is a gender melting homage to “hopeless romantic affairs”
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July 13, 2016
Perfume Review: CARON Farnesiana Extrait (Michel Morsetti) 1949 + Route D’Or Mimosa Celebration in Nice Draw
Caron Farnesiana is stunning in is presentation filled with contrasts and complexity that is an elegant and sublime interpretation of mimosa (sweet acacia)
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July 12, 2016
Fragrance Review: Amouage Memoir Man (Christopher Chong/Karine Vinchon-Spehner) 2010 + Flâneurs, Fougeres & Absinthe Draw
The story behind Memoir Man is inspired by the 19th century subculture of the flâneur participating in an underworld of decadent activities after a drinking spree of absinthe.
Read More...In 1997 Jean-Louis Dumas wanted to relaunch the Hermès house on the catwalks by choosing Martin Margiela as creative director.
Read More...Far from a soliflore, this triptych of oils gives a complete olfactory vision of the ‘giving-tree’, wherein one can observe three seasons in one spray.
Read More...While I, personally, am loathe to designate a perfume as gendered (i.e., feminine or masculine- for women or men), Love- In –A- Mist is classically feminine
Read More...The perfumery of tomorrow is already the perfumery of today. That is why AETHER Parfums is a welcome addition to generation next of fragrance.
Read More...I remember: “Hello it is Jean Guichard, if you are still interested, we would like to offer you a place in our perfumery school”. One of the most beautiful day in my life.
Read More...Such excitement from the perfumers reading the labels on the well organised shelves. Schiaparelli, Lubin, Guerlain, Houbigant… you feel like you are in the Louvre of Perfumery.
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July 8, 2016
Fragrance Review: Initio Parfums Privés Divine Attraction (2015) +The Niche Perfume Market is Still Breathing Draw
Divine Attraction becomes the smell of catatonia which describes condition of being apparently awake but unresponsive.
Read More...My fragrances are developed from experiences and names that take shape into perfume ideas
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July 7, 2016
June 2016 Spilled Perfume: Take This Job and SHOVE It!!! + 10 Fragrances That We Won’t Quit Wearing Draw
You think you hate your job… we had some really bad ones..so we quit.
Read More...I can image Patsy (Joanna Lumley) commenting with breath reeking of the Chanel No. 5 she just drank asking Eddie what she’s wearing and hearing the famous line, “Lacroix, sweetie.”
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July 6, 2016
New Fragrance Review: Laboratorio Olfattivo Nun & MyLo (Roberto Drago/Luca Maffei) + Rogue Bloom White Draw
Roberto Drago enlisted Luca Maffei who gives us a pair of sensational compositions for Laboratorio Olfattivo Nun and MyLo, part of a divergent line of scents entitled In Fiore
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July 5, 2016
New Perfume Review: Sonoma Scent Studio (Laurie Erickson) Equestrian + Refined Dressage Draw
Equestrian Laurie Erickson’s scent memory evocative of a young Elizabeth Taylor grooming her beloved gelding in National Velvet than of any risqué behavior with the stable boy.
Read More...It is what occurs in the drawn-out (overnight) which makes Sunset Boulevard one of the most intriguing natural perfumes
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July 4, 2016
Perfume Review: Jolie Laide Masculin Féminin (Heather Kaufman) + Night Flowers Drag Kings and Queens Draw
Jolie Laide Masculin Féminin is well named completely unisex… or perhaps this is the first pansexual perfume.
Read More...If you are searching for a beachy scent that is sophisticated and doesn’t smell like a pina colada, voila Oriza L Legrand Villa Lympia
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July 3, 2016
ÇaFleureBon Modern Masterpieces: Hermès Hiris~ Perfume Review (Olivia Giacobetti) 1999 + Deconstructed Iris Draw
Olivia Giacobetti’s treatment of the fabric inspired concept of Hermes Hiris is modern, feminine yet strong , deconstructed like the Martin Margiella fashion of the 90s
Read More...The seven chakras are the spiritual control over our entire body.
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July 2, 2016
FIT, FAB AND FRAGRANT: Hot Weather Exercise Survival Guide~Ten Tips To Train Safely This Summer
Ten summer-smart workout tips fhat beat the heat
Read More...Whether you have summer love or think it is a cruel cruel summer our favorites fragrances this year
Read More...Two new summer fragrances from Phaedon Paris
Read More...This country, just like a perfume, reflects the old adage that dictates that the sum is much better than any of the parts. So why take it apart and divide it
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