The Arabian Nights collection of oud fragrances for By Kilian has released its fifth and final chapter called Musk Oud. All of these previous Arabian Nights were the product of a single perfumer, Calice Becker, and I expected her to finish the run but to my surprise a new storyteller arrived, Alberto Morillas.
Mme de Nicolai was inspired by the essential oil of orange flowers and the fresh smells of childhood and with Eau sOleil composed a fragrance using the same concept of citrus Eau de Colognes
Many of you will remember when the doorbell would ring and it would be “Avon Calling!” One woman, Tara Swords, had a vision and has made experiencing artful perfumes in the comfort of your home a reality again. Olfactif is a wonderful new service that brings niche perfume to YOU and not the other way around.
Natural perfumer Jane Cate, of A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes, was at a loss to name a new osmanthus perfume she had created. CaFleureBon Editor-in-Chief Michelyn Camen told her the legend of the moon goddess and suggested that she name it after Chang’e.
In the final creation that expresses the end of the first cycle of the Amouage narrative, “Fate” for Man and Woman explores the uncertainty of the future and the universal principal by which the order of things is inescapably prescribed. In his latest conquest, Amouage Creative Director Christopher Chong proclaims a finale that parodies the …
It was one afternoon on Formentera, in the Balearic Islands, that the idea of Aqua Vitae came to Francis Kurkdjian. Riding an old motorbike, taking it slowly in view of the extreme heat, the air on his face was deliciously cool. The sun intensified the fragrances of the nature around him. Aqua Vitae was inspired …
