I really loved the almost silky feel Sonoma Scent Studio Spiced Citrus Vetiver had from beginning to end and I believe it has everything to do with the ingredients. These are high quality natural raw ingredients and it shows.
When it comes to Bertrand Duchaufour I find my favorites of his creations are those which are the deeper and heavier fragrances. . I was forced to re-examine that thought with the five Eau de Toilettes M. Duchaufour composed for Historiae: Orangerie du Roy, Hameau de la Reine, Bouquet du Trianon, Rose de France, and Violette Imperiale.
The old proverb says “good things come to those who wait”. After three years of waiting three very good things have come to those who love Le Labo and great perfume and they are named Lys 41, Ylang 49, and Limette 37.
For the New Kingdom collection Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of DSH Perfumes was inspired by original Egyptian perfumes she had studied for the King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum and wanted to revisit those and modernize them. The results are Iridum, Keni, Antiu, and Megaleion
Usually after Sniffapalooza it is a fragrance which resonates with me after the event. For the first time, after the recent Spring Fling, it isn’t a fragrance that has me excited about the future but a new initiative called The Fragrance Republic.
Imagine what Harrod’s smells like at 2AM. From that simple idea from Joe Garces, perfumer Aurelien Guichard has created Knightsbridge the best of the new Robert Piguet Parfums fragrances that have been released to date and my favorite fragrance of the first half of 2013.
