I had gotten an e-mail from Creed letting me know that the New York store was getting Olivier Creed’s newest creation, Millésime 1849, and it was but a mere subway ride away, I spritzed caution to the wind, and got myself to Madison County, oops, I mean Madison Avenue.
Heather studied with Mandy Aftel and her perfume combines natural scents that are both luscious and odd. Each name is taken from a title from the French New Wave
Ex Voto Paris Eau de Lux Ginger and Eau de Lux Black Amber, are both Eau de Toilettes. These two define subtlety in a fresh yet understated way. Trendy does not live here.
Anne Boleyn, perhaps the most infamous wife of Henry XIII would have been fascinated by perfumery, as much for its potential as a political tool as for its more immediate seductive qualities
On a recent visit to Neiman Marcus, I met a charming sales associate in the men’s fragrance department. He offered up his personal favorite scent for me to try, 10 Corso Como Uomo, and I was smitten by its burst of black pepper.
Juliet’s statue and tomb in Verona, Italy is strewn with thousands of letters asking for advice on love; no one writes to Romeo. She is the symbol of love, of eternal youth and the all too fleeting nature of Spring and no perfumer captures Juliet as brillliantly as Alexandra Balahoutis.
