The first day of Spring will be Sunday March 20th, 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere. These past few months (and weeks) have shaken us to our very core, but spring is the season of hope, of renewal. The Best fragrances for Spring 2022 all have a common theme; they are uplifting and serene florals and bright citruses.
Wit & West Perfumes is a Colorado based artisan natural perfumery founded in 2021 by Whitley Swales, and her husband Rob Westendorf. Wit & West is a passion-based business, paying homage to traditional methods of artisan perfumery through both their Bespoke Experience (custom designed perfumes) and our process of handcrafting their perfumes and colognes in small batches using 100% all-natural ingredients including custom handmade tinctures and enfleurage extraits carefully selected, sourced and handmade from raw materials including those from their very own garden.
The key to Ormonde Jayne Montabaco Verano is the opening. The grapefruit note is done incredibly, which brings such a freshness and uplifting quality that one instantly feels positively awakened. The blending of complex ingredients that gives the impression of simplicity is a triumph. Montabaco Verano is a slow fragrance that unfurls its secrets steadily, but, with intent. The notes breathe life into one’s day and this is a moment in time to savour.
Thai perfumer Nutt Wesshasartat, who had been on Husen Baba’s radar for some time, was chosen for I Am Darkness because of his facility with white florals, including a key element of AZAMAN Perfumes I Am Darkness, frangipani flower, which is native to Thailand. I Am Darkness is a beautiful incense fragrance built, unconventionally, on a chypre structure.
As the author of her own story, Nathalie Feisthauer decided to create a floral, spicy scent with musky and slightly gourmand undertones. One built on powerful ingredients. The challenge to produce a natural fragrance using strong and aggressive notes was to balance them and subtly blend them, to bring across the beauty of Parfumeurs du Monde Nam Chaa as uplifting, yet, soft and soothing.
Exaltatum By Serpentine is one of those fragrances where the listed notes are only a small part of the story. There is so much more going on with this scent than what meets the eye.
