My preferred way to wear scent especially during the warmer months, may strike readers as unusual. I wear a few drops of Ormonde Jayne’s paraben-free Bathing Essential Bathing Oil directly on my skin. The champaca flower is sacred to the Hindi god Vishnu, the consort to Lakshmi-the god and goddesses of love!
Celebu-scents are the graveyard of many a poorly thought out fragrance idea. Kudos to Etat Libre D’Orange for showing that with the involvement of the celebrity on the bottle and a willingness to try something different celebu-scents can turn out Like This
Our journey to the Red Carpet will have to wait , we congratulate Elle.com. But there were two precedents set: one for a finalist in Natural Perfumery and one for three finalists honors for a blog in its first year. Draw courtesy of Mandy Aftel
Our own Sr. Editor Ida Meister was asked by Mandy Aftel personally to review Aftelier Candide and Honey Blossom.
Amsterdam.
Well, no hash or marijuana odour here. The city smells of sea, greenery and rain – I`d say Trefle Pur by Atelier Colognes would fit Amsterdam.
Keiko mecheri’s first piece was commissioned by none other than Sean Hepburn, son of the late legend Audrey Hepburn, and now a close friend. Her fragrance Datura Blossom? “Just put your lips together and…blow.”
I was vacationing on Koh Samui island when my dear editor Michelyn asked to me to name the cities I have visited and the scents they evoke. Sydney, Amsterdam, Paris, Moscow, New Delhi, Bangkok, Mumbai, Florence…. All aboard my Diorella scented
magic carpet
