I first discovered In Fiore in 2007, while suffering through yet another “Confiscation of Liquids” check in at the airport, (just how much can YOU stuff into a small Ziploc baggie); I searched for a solid perfume, so I could squeeze a precious few inches for my mascara and glosses. I heard about a young American perfumer named Julie Elliot, went onto her website and bought Bois d’ete “unsniffed’. Julie lives in San Francisco,(so much talent in the Bay Area!) but travels the world in search of fine, rare and organic ingredients for her eponymous perfume and ancillary products that includes bath, bodyand the most remarkable natural skincare line.
PROFILE-My mother was born in Brantford Ontario of German Irish decent. In 1957 when she was 15 years old her parents relocated the family to California. When I was a child she worked for Shulton, a Los Angeles-based company that distributed Nina Ricci and Cornsilk Cosmetics. Remember Desert Flower? She used to wear L’Air du Temps (she now she wears Serge Lutens Clair de Musc), and vibrant-colored lipsticks by Revlon. I remember our cabinets always full of aromatic lotions, tonics, and talcs. This was trouble, for I was curious and would help myself to the potions and start blending them. Yes, I started blending at the ripe old age of 4. I once even tried to seduce a garden lizard with a potion. It didn’t work. My eccentricities as a child came to light when one year my mother decided to ship to me a box full of my old journals. In them I found several formulas I had written but not able to remember how or where these had come from. I guess it is in my blood.
AMERICAN PERFUMERY-I don’t view perfume within the confines of nationality. However, as I think about it, a perfume could be classified American as the feeling of a “melting pot” of cultures and ideas. I work with essences from all over the world and regard them as characters who play a role in a blend. For example, when I find an exquisite essence I think of how I might highlight
All In Fiore Parfum solides are crafted with the finest absolutes and essences in a base of golden jojoba oil and honey scented beeswax, encased within an elegant compact, our delicate fragrances have incomparable longevity owing to a rich, all natural base that allows the scent to mature and grow more complex over time, unlike synthetic fragrances.
American artist Cy Towmbly’s work speaks to my soul. He was inspired by nature and landscapes and for me his works have movement, like a dance, like you are witnessing flowers blooming. They have the energy you find in nature where whorls of life emanate from plants.
(Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly, Jr. (April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011 was an American artist well known for his large-scale, freely scribbled grafitti ; later on in life his works moved into Romantic symbolism as shown above)
–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
All In Fiore Parfum solides are crafted with the finest absolutes and essences in a base of golden jojoba oil and honey scented beeswax, encased within an elegant compact, our delicate fragrances have incomparable longevity owing to a rich, all natural base that allows the scent to mature and grow more complex over time, unlike synthetic fragrances. Julie is offering a reader’s choice of one of her ten (attention Attar addicts there are two including Oud Amberi Attar
To be eligible comment on something you learned about Julie and choose your fragrance by logging on to http://www.infiore.net/> products >Parfum solides. Draw closes September 7, 2011 EST PLEASE LIKE CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery because this series will run throughout the remainder of the year; and your entry will count as two.
Thank you to Francesca Brice of Pacific Perfumes for reuniting us after 6 years.