REDRAW: Winner of 5ml Envoyage Perfumes L’Emblem Rouge
I wish to share the breathlessness of discovering real rose otto, a timeless and priceless treasure of the ancient Orient
The Songs of Solomon Revisited: Perfume, Kaballah, Judea, and Canaan + 12ml Amouage Homage Attar
When the Jews was slaves in Egypt, they learned perfume making from their Egyptian masters? There is only one fragrance that can evoke this homage to the Song of Solomon .- Amouage Homage Attar. This treasure is brought to you by Naz of The Perfume Shoppe
CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Kedra Hart of Opus Oils + Les Bohemes Draw
The concept of “America” to me is wrapped up in the idea of Freedom and the Spirit of Independence.-Kedra Hart of Opus Oils
Fragrance Review Byredo Parfums Mr. Marvelous: “Ben Gorham’s Fanciful Disguise” + Paul Verlaine Draw
I don’t like to read press releases, before I did read Mr. Marvelous’s I just read the name and could not surpress thoughts of the Billy Crystal skits on Saturday Night Live. So I peeked and was more confused. I smelled the ghost of the Poete Maudit-Paul Verlaine and a stanza from Claire de Lune.
Caron Delire de Roses: A Fountain Of Roses + Urn sample Draw
Then there are the very infrequent times when I get something which treads the rose garden path but finds a way to display the rose slightly differently and like the best artists within a genre add their own nuance to the oeuvre. Richard Fraysse, the in-house nose for Caron, has done that with the new Caron fountain fragrance Delire de Roses.
ÇaFleureBon Behind the Bottle with Shelley Waddington: L’Emblem Rouge + “Natural Rose” Draw
Hi, Shelley! It’s a pleasure doing a ‘behind the bottle’ with you, finally. I’ve enjoyed sampling your work, and your latest, botanical l’Emblem Rouge, I find particularly delightful! First, though, there are so many things I long to ask you, they buzz about in my head like a swarm of wayward bees.