You can imagine how thrilled I was when she asked me to do her online fragrance journey: Sarah was going to custom blend samples for me, based on my answers – There is only the one bottle of this precious elixir in existence in the world.
I decided to explore the perfumes of my youth to see if we could prove Thomas Wolfe wrong and “go home again”.
I only revisited fragrances I wore into my mid-twenties. Scents I wore later on do not seem to have the emotional impact of some of these earlier scents, are generally easier to obtain in some form, and are fragrances I have either already dismissed or still wear.
The new release from Juliette Has A Gun, Vengeance Extreme, falls right about in the middle. Based on the Francis Kurkdjian created Lady Vengeance; Vengeance Extreme uses the same three notes: rose, patchouli, and vanilla. Romano Ricci who is the owner of Juliette Has A Gun is the perfumer this time around. Lady Vengeance is really about the rose. Vengeance Extreme is about the patchouli as M Ricci turns up the volume on that note.
Neela Vermeire Creations presents an olfactive journey inspired by India. Neela conceived these perfumes dedicated to India, her birth country from her hometown Paris.
As I said at the outset the Andy Warhol collection is an outstanding subset of the entire Bond No. 9 collection. Andy Warhol by Bond No. 9 only increases my admiration of this group of fragrances.
Bertrand Duchaufour is at his best when he is inspired by an exotic place. M Duchaufour has successfully transported me many times in the past and is one of my most trusted perfume travel agents. In this latest excursion M Duchaufour collaborated with Neela Vermeire to create a collection based on India for the recently completed Paris exhibition, Rives de la Beaute.
