I learned that perfume making and music have such faithful similarities. I was entirely bewitched. I had no idea that I could play the scents in chords much like I had the piano keys in my youth
I will always wonder if naming the perfume Epione and saying the name aloud was an invocation of soothing.
Epione was the Goddess of Soothing who was married to Asclepius . In astrology, Asclepius became Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder, god of healing and medicine. In fact, the original Hippocratic Oath was actually an invocation “I swear by Apollo the Physician and by Asclepius…” Jane is a children’s mental health care professional as well as a perfumer and her fragrance Epione honors her professions,
One of the things I like about Brent Leonesio the creative mind behind Smell Bent is he takes that statement and manages to make serious perfume without taking it too serious.
What smells like heaven on you often ends up in someone else’s ’re-gift’ pile, so as fragrance fanatics, we rarely recommend giving the gift of perfume or cologne for the holidays, unless the recipient specifically asks for it; if you know your giftee-to-be’s fave fragrance, so does everyone else. The winners will be notified by Monday dec 12, 2011 or claim your prize-MC Scenta
My resulting and enduring infatuation with all things chypre.And as I talked Sarah Horowitz Thran began to pull down little bottle after little bottle: clove, cinnamon leaf, cedar, labdanum, musk, patchouli, sage, pine cone, rose, oakmoss, vetiver, civet, vanilla, frankincense…
