There is a certain belief among many that any attempt to create a flanker of a legendary perfume like Shalimar is a crime against perfumery. Thierry Wasser, the current in-house perfumer at Guerlain, was approached by his young niece to create a Shalimar for her. The result of that conversation is the new release Shalimar Parfum Initial.
Neil Morris, who is one of many perfumers who represent the indie spirit of American perfumery that I admire. But he was the first I met and hugged; he will always will be special for that.
This month EIC Michelyn Camen didn’t write a Letter to the Editor for June , this post proved controversial enough
The scent was composed by Michel Almairac of Robertet, and evokes an old house in the beautiful countryside Veneto, Italy with rolling green hills; a room with old wood floors, leather-bound books with the windows open wide, and the hay,moss, arden flowers wafting in the breeze.
Batucada transports us to the beaches of Ipanema!
Batucada, created by les nez (French and Brazilian) Karine Vinchon Spehner and Elisabeth Maier Batucada is also a reference to a very popular, sensual dance.
Odin New York has launched their fifth fragrance but are calling it Odin 06 Amanu. While there is no explanation for why they are skipping 05 one hopes it isn’t because Chanel beat them to it. The first four Odin fragrances were very good with Odin 04 Petrana being a truly spectacular piece of perfumery.
