I really enjoyed the first five releases in the Strange Invisible Perfumes Zodiac series and I received the two newest signs Leo and Sagittarius. Alexandra Balahoutis says, “Interpreting the essences of each astrological symbol through botanical essences has been more fun than anyone should ever have at work.” That sense of fun shows.
Its Spilled Perfume time….November has 10 prizes include Serge Lutens, Parfums D’Empire, Etat Libre D’Orange, Ormonde Jayne and seven more. Know your notes and you may be the winner of 3 niche and natural perfumes of your choice
Rima XI is the new Carner Barcelona release and its name is taken from the Spanish poem by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer of the same name. I was especially intrigued by a perfume which might capture “an impossible vain ghost of mist and light”.
As the daylight begins shrinking so do the days left to me to review some fragrances that I think are pretty good but are just not going to ever make it to the top of my editorial calendar. I’ve outsourced some to my fellow writers here at CaFleureBon but still there were four sitting there staring at me accusingly. Rodin, Nicole by Nicole Richie, Marchesa Parfum D’Extase, and Thierry Mugler Fragrance of Leather Womanity get some love.
It has been a while since the house of Houbigant, famous for the original Chantilly and Quelques Fleurs, has released a new fragrance aimed to the feminine market. Now they have added to the line with a perfume based on orange blossom by perfumer Jacques Flori, called Orangers en Fleurs.
There are three new fragrances, In the City of Sin, Forbidden Games, and Good Girl Gone Bad to start the By Kilian In the Garden of Good and Evil collection and the garden of which we speaking of is the Garden of Eden and these perfumes are meant to be ruminations on the nature of Original Sin.
