CaFleureBon Editors’ Best Cold Weather Scents + Outside In “A Winter’s Tale”- Five Bottle Fragrance Draw
T.S. Eliot said April is the cruellest month; we think it has been this January. Our draw for 5 best winter scents from Etat Libre D’Orange,Parfums M.Micallef, Carner Barcelona, Atelier Cologne, Robert Piguet Parfums
Perfume Poetry: Edgar Allen Poe (January 19,1809-October7,1849) Annabel Lee & Guerlain Sous Le Vent Review
Chilly, green with a hint of damp earth Guerlain’ Sous le Vent might have been created for Josephine Baker, but I have always connected the perfume to Edgar Allan Poe’s last poem -Annabel Lee
Creative Directors in Perfumery: Sebastián Alvarez Murena and Marina Sersale of Eau D’Italie + Reader’s Choice Draw
I think that what defines most Marina and I as creative directors is, ironically, the fact that we don’t want to be in the limelight. This, in part because it is our nature, but also because in our opinion pride of place in what we do should be taken by one thing only: the fragrance itself. – Sebastián Alvarez Murena and Marina Sersale of Eau D’Italie
CaFleureBon Cardamom in Perfumery “Queen of Spices” + 10 Niche and Natural Perfume Prizes
Cardamom is known as the Queen of Spices …Why? Perhaps it associated with Queens. Cleopatra burned cardamon incense whenever Mark Antony visited. Its been used in perfumery for thousands of years for its sexual powers.
Perfume Book Review: The Diary of A Nose A Year in the Life of A Parfumeur by Jean Claude Ellena
The Diary of A Nose is the journal of a year in the life of Hermes’s in house perfumer, Jean Claude Ellena. His writing is a study in simpl-exity; rather than focusing on daily activities; each entry reveals his thoughts on subjects that matter to him.We have one advance copy as a draw.