Best of Show Esxence 2018 Perfume Winner -Michelyn’s Picks

Best of Show Esxence 2018: Timeless Elegance: Fragrances that will stand the test of time and based on neo-classical construction. In this category of course is Fath L’Iris de Fath. Masque Milano’s (homage to Hemingway) by Fanny Bal of IFF with its beautiful use of three vetiver extractions and a sparkling ginger bubbling at the top is a fragrance that could …

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Hermès Hermessence Myrrhe Églantine Winner

   Few roses in today’s perfumery smell this delicate, natural and unaffected as the antique five-petaled pink eglantine rose, also known as sweetbriar. It’s prickly and thorny and delectable: even its foliage wafts an apple-redolent aroma. Some liken the leaflets’ fragrance to jasmine. In the language of flowers, eglantine is equated with poetry; that suits me perfectly. Hermès Hermessence Myrrhe Églantine by …

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