Mean spirited or thoughtless age profiling pervades our culture and even influences how we write and talk about fragrance

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Ellen Covey of Olympic Orchids chose the grand prize winner and finalists of the contest and they are

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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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Eric Weiser walked me through how Twisted Lily Fragrance Boutique’s  knowledgeable staff Stamatis Birsimijoglou,  Carla Seipp, & Krista Miller, work with a new customer.

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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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We have no lemons in our Canadian Shield wilderness, and this is where the magic happens in Atelier Colgone Citron d’Erable.

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Joseph Quartana has done some of the most original work I’ve ever come across with Wolfsbane

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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

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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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Floris Bergamotto di Positano a perfect scent for summer and  will transition nicely from warmer weather into the fall

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No matter what the reason one wears Incensum, there will be a moment of pause… many moments of pleasure..

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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

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M. Micallef celebrates 20 years with a new perfume

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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

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Hatshepsut wondered at her posterity, engraving her worries on an obelisk in the great temple of Amun at Karnak

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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.

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Le Mat is a thrilling creature, deceptively balsamic, warm and sensual. It begins aloof, suspended even

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Ellen Covey and Cafleurebon are holding a contest for a new Olympic Orchid Perfume that you name after a song

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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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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.

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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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Parfums Delrae Amoureuse is a languorous odalisque on a bed of silken pillows, the Nigella Lawson of perfumes: voluptuous, luscious and unapologetically female

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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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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.

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 Perfumer Sara McCartney has composed a classically structured chypre scent that blends some of Mother Nature’s bountiful offerings with 21st century synthetics

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Fortunately there are still passionate houses with bold perspectives. Without a doubt Initio is one of them which debuted in 2015

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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. 

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Ex Nihilio Amber Sky is inspired by the beauty of the sun setting over the Bosphorus

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“Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whiskey, and religion”-George Bernard Shaw

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Aether is definitively a 2016 brand composed of 100% synthetic molecules that shows the abilities to create contemporary and advanced perfumery.

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Solstice Scents Insensum slowly burns on the skin

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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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Each are perfume projections onto a “blanc” screen of sandalwood- much like movies are projected onto a white screen

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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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Charenton Macerations Eye, Hatshepsut achieves the unusual quality of never seeming either truly masculine or feminine,

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Hay absolute dominates Sonoma Scent Studio Equestrian right out of the gate.

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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.

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Heather Kaufman of Jolie Laide  Masculin Féminin, is a gender melting homage to “hopeless romantic affairs”

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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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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.

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In 1997 Jean-Louis Dumas wanted to relaunch the Hermès house on the catwalks by choosing Martin Margiela as creative director.

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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.

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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

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The perfumery of tomorrow is already the perfumery of today. That is why AETHER Parfums is a welcome addition to generation next of fragrance.

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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.

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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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Divine Attraction becomes the smell of catatonia which describes condition of being apparently awake but unresponsive.

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My fragrances are developed from experiences and names that take shape into perfume ideas

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You think you hate your job… we had some really bad ones..so we quit.

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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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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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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.

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It is what occurs in the drawn-out (overnight) which makes Sunset Boulevard one of the most intriguing natural perfumes

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Jolie Laide Masculin Féminin is well named completely unisex… or perhaps this is the first pansexual perfume.

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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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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

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The seven chakras are the spiritual control over our entire body.

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Ten summer-smart workout tips fhat beat the heat

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Whether you have summer love or think it is a cruel cruel summer our favorites fragrances this year

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Two new summer fragrances from Phaedon Paris

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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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