Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 (The 26th Edition) + Niche, Artisan and Indie Perfume Draw

 

When reflecting on the recent edition of Team Karen’s (Karen Dubin and Karen Adams) Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 held last month in New York City, it is clear that the more things change, the more they won’t stay the same! Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 is a blast!

Christophe  Laudamiel and friend

Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018- Thursday, April 28: A Thursday night pre-Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 event was a special addition to start the weekend festivities. MAISON 10, the NoMad retail concept store and gallery presented ‘The Zoo’ by perfumer Christophe Laudamiel who recently won an Art and Olfaction award and a Perfumed Plume. The RSVP event was standing room only. With his singular storylines and innovative scents, Christophe made this an evening of ingenious scentual pleasures.

Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018- Friday, April 29: The Friday Night Cocktail party held at the Byredo boutique in SoHo was a fabulous opening night soiree.

Karen Dubin, Mary Ellen Lapsansky, Simona Abaton and friends

New store manager, Zita Slonevsky, and staff showed the new Bibliotheque collection of fragrance, hair and hand cream products along with the new Black Saffron hair perfume, making its debut. Look for a June opening of the Byredo London Townhouse. The new three-story Soho outpost will be the fragrance brand’s first UK store. 

Jo Malone Spring Blossom

Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018- DAY ONE: April 28-For those that took advantage of the private Bergdorf Goodman shop experience  (one hour before opening),there were special presentation by Jo Malone (Spring Blossom Collection), Atelier Cologne (Iris Rebelle), and Ex Nihilo Atlas Fever.

La Cristallerie des Parfums new and exclusive to Bergdorf in the USA

Making its stateside debut this week, and exclusive to Bergdorf Goodman, was the Parisian brand, La Cristallerie des Parfums presenting its two lines, Aeria Prestige and Aeria Luxe. 

Brands being shown the love on the floor: Miami Vice from By Kilian, Lalique, Ex Nihilo’s Amber Musk, the new EB Florals, Robert Piguet, Roja Parfums, and of course Tom Ford.

 Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018: Lunch and presentations were held at Mangia.

Guest Speakers: 

Mary Ellen Lapsansky of The Perfumed Plume spoke on their mission to honor excellence in fragrance journalism. Fresh off of the Third Annual Awards ceremony Mary Ellen announced the winners of the five awards and some upcoming initiatives. CaFleureBon was the recipientof the SCIENCE OF SCENT STORIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS (PRINT AND DIGITAL) award (Ida Meister).

Mark Crames of Demeter Fragrance Library

Mark Crames of Demeter Fragrance Library spoke on his point of difference and of the line’s new customization initiative.

Francoise Alessi of Annick Goutal presented background on the brand and the new Eau de Parfum of Rose Pompon. Deep raspberry in color, I found the scent a more sensual version of the original. 

Barbara Herman of Eris Parfums, the high priestess of vintage perfumes, presented Mx.(Antoine Lie), her latest release. The gender-neutral titled luxury scent is a complex woody creation that straddles being both breezy and decadent. 

Jon Bresler of LAFCO New York: known for their candles and home fragrances schooled us on liquid soap. Their True Liquid Soap line is made entirely from premium natural olive oil rich in Omega fatty acids vital to maintaining skin health.

Simona Abaton of Abaton Corp. presented the Abaton Exceptional Luxury Brands, Chinotto Collection (Savona, Italy), Absolument Parfumeur, (French) and Sandalia Sardinia, Italy).

Amy Marks McGee of Trendincite

Listening to Amy Marks McGee of Trendincite at Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 is like being with a fortune teller. She reveals what you will experience months before you know about it. Sleep with its ancillary products was one to be on the lookout for.

What do you think of the new Annick Goutal bottles?

Post lunch, visits to the Madison Avenue boutiques of Annick Goutal and Diptyque followed. At the tres chic Annick Goutal Flagship boutique, Store Director Francoise Alessi and staff greeted us warmly. The presentation included a preview of the new updated men’s and women’s bottles which make their debut this September.

At Diptyque, celebrating their 50th Anniversary, new store manager Maya Fedaseyeva and staff presented the brand’s latest fragrance releases, Fleur de Peau and Tempo (Olivier Pescheaux).

Kelly Fraser of Antica Farmacista and Karen Dubin

Italian fragrance house, Antica Farmacista’s Cocktail Party ended the day in style on the Apothecary at Bergdorf Goodman’s Decorative Home Floor. For their latest fragrant launch, Daphne Flower, Brand Ambassador, Kelly Fraser had a cocktail inspired by, created for the occasion. A wonderfully fragrant way to close out the day.

 Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 DAY TWO: April 29th

The morning began on Elizabeth Street at Malin & Goetz which features a complete environmentally conscious range of skin, hair & body care and fragrance products. The Leather perfume oil and Cannabis Eau de Parfum were clear favorites along with the Atelier Bloem Collection, inspired by the Amsterdam Flower Market. 

Cire Trudon NYC

Cire Trudon, the preeminent French candle house.now has a fragrance line that is seriously rich and deep, which we have written about extensively and Michelyn awarded in the best of 2017. These are not for the faint of heart. The brand was on “fire”, which was apparent with numerous attendees carrying their shopping bags.

Ross Barry of Atelier Cologne

Atelier Cologne, the company that re-invented “cologne” on Elizabeth Street, was the next stop and General Manager Ross Barry welcomed us with a special cocktail and presented the brand’s lineup including current release, Iris Rebelle (Ralph Schwieger), which was reviewed by Robert Herrmann, our Senior Editor.

Le Labo is a not to miss stop for the group for its semi-bespoke experience, which now includes a newly added annex focused on its body, hair, and face care line. 

NATURA BRAZIL: the 49-year-old Brazilian brand (the Company operates the Aesop brand name) opened their first store last year on Elizabeth Street. In addition to scented candles, body sprays, hair oils, soaps, hand creams, and hair care they will soon to be launching a fragrance line of five next month. Very impressed.

Olfactory NYC 

Since my last visit, Olfactory NYC, the new kid on the other block (Mott Street), have expanded their offerings to include four new fragrances and a trio of candles. The very reasonably priced fragrances have been created by a most impressive “A” list of perfumers. 

Lunch was held at Little Italy’s La Mela. Fragrance Specialist David Ecker hosted the EAU (Emerging Artisans Uncorked) showcase.

 Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 Guest Speaker Highlight:

David Ecker with Lalique

David Ecker, fragrance specialist was the MC and also presented a number of fragrances from the Banana Republic line, and Christian Siriano’s Silhouette (2014) and Silhouette in Bloom (2018).

Jay McSherry of Nateeva with Christian Siriano’s Silouette In Bloom

The unique bottles were passed aroundto a lot of oohs and ahhhs.

Stephen Dirkes of Euphorium Brooklyn premiered his latest creation, Ume. The fruity floral perfume, while a slight departure for him, was most welcomed by the group. Stephen is always shaking things up.

Jane Bernard – Curious Happening

Jane Bernard of Curious Happening is a visionary teacher and three times author on intuitive thinking is passionate about the role of Sensual Thinking to facilitate enduring positive change in our world. Fragrance plays a role in that for sure.

Irina Adam of Phoenix Botanicals 

2x Art and Olfaction Finalist Irina Adam of Phoenix Botanicals debuted her latest natural wonder, Lotus Pollinator and 2017’s Apple Iris Root. The scent blotters passed around confirmed her natural perfumes were spell-binding.

Perfumarie in NYC

Last stop was PERFUMARIĒ, the much talked about multi-sensory incubator and new retail concept store. The sensorial curated shop offers perfume flights, workshops, tastings, demos, pop-ups, and exhibits year round. Attendees were offered a guided experience through 25+ unlabeled scents on tap to experience without scent biases. A wonderful way to close out the weekend.

Thank you, Team Karen, (Karen Dubin and Karen Adams) for another scentually wonderful weekend. See you all at The Fall Ball 2018! 

~Hernando Courtright, Senior Events Contributor and Brand Ambassador

All Photos by Hernando of CaFleureBon© unless otherwise stated. 

We have a scent filled Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 swag bag filled with dozens of samples from the Spring fling including mini and sample size fragrances and goodies from Byredo, Diptqyue, Euphorium Brooklyn, Ex Nihilo, Malin & Goetz, Atelier Cologne, Antica Farmacista, Demeter, Simona Abaton, By Kilian and many, many others. To be eligible you must be a registered reader in the CON USA (you have to do this folks) and leave a comment with what you enjoyed about Hernando’s very detailed Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 report, if you have attended a Sniffa event before and which brand or perfume you are really excited to get your nose on. Draw closes May 18, 2018.

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31 comments

  • Just Add Light says:

    Congratulations to Cafleurebon for the award! Very interested to try Barbara Herman’s release. Love those Silhouette bottles and Jay’s sunglasses! LOL Really appreciate the comprehensive overview! North Carolina.

  • Dhruba says:

    I definitely saw bottles I have never seen before through Hernando’s chronicle of Sniffapalooza. I definitely found the Le Labo stand very different from what I was expecting since it looks more like an apothecary. That I guess is good since they are expanding their lineup.

  • newyork318 says:

    This looks like a great weekend, hope to be able to attend one in the future. I haven’t yet been able to try Cire Trudon and am looking forward to that, though there are a lot of houses here I have yet to try!

  • Vahagn says:

    Great article!!!
    With the help of this aricle I mentally visited these places- Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018 events. I’m so envious who realy took a part in Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2018.
    I enjoyed informaions about new perfume and speakers’ speech.
    As previous commentator I wish to try Cire Trudon candles and its new perfumes.

  • George Lellis says:

    I liked how the article and the pictures put a human face on the makers of these scents and was fascinated by the variety of what they described. I have not attended a Sniffa event. I had not read the two reviews above mine, but I, too, would like to try Cire Trudon. How could I resist something that’s “not for the faint of heart”? (I also clicked on the link to the previous article, which piqued my interest.)

  • INYA says:

    Certainly would LOVE to attend one of these events. Absolutely like all Atelier, because of the unisex vibe, and Jo Malone woody incense fragrances. In the US. Great article! Thanks for the tour ☆♡☆

  • llaws72 says:

    A wonderful article that took use a journey for those of us who could not be there in person. Every year I say “this will be the year” and I have never made it. I would love to try the Cire Trudon as well. Thanks for the opportunity and I live in the US! 🙂

  • fazalcheema says:

    I have not attended Snifa event before. This is quite an interesting experience. I am intrigued by Eris new release as I got the first full bottle from Eris earlier this year. I am in US

  • Hasib says:

    I enjoyed this article and seemed like a great time. Would love to attend an event one day. Great fragrances and nice looking bottles and meeting with perfumers and fragrance lovers. Thanks for this giveaway. Excited for any of these. Byredo, Diptyque and Kilian are some i’d really like to try. Thanks
    California

  • tiffanie says:

    Thank you, Hernando, for taking us along for the Sniffa ride. Your words plus photos of people and places make the event come alive. I was happy to read that Demeter is working on a customization initiative. Also glad to see the new Goutal bottles get a showing, they are beautiful. Wish I could visit Parfumarie, it’s a fabulous concept that deserves to succeed. I have not attended this event, hope it will keep going each year until I can visit NYC again. I’m most excited to sniff Fleur de Peau and Tempo. Thank you for the generous draw. I am in the US.

  • sillage8 says:

    Great report on the vanguard of perfume. It’s always pleasant to try new offerings from Byredo, Diptyque, Ex Nihilo, and Atelier Cologne, but I’ve never made it to a New York Sniffa. I can’t be the only one who sees the Selena Gomez EdP sans lips in that Christian Siriano Silhouette In Bloom bottle.

    Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!

  • Karen Dubin says:

    Awesome article, Hernando! You really captured the energetic and enthusiastic spirit of the event for those who couldn’t be with us. There is nothing on the planet like this weekend for fragrance lovers – it is truly a meeting of sensory minds! We’re already planning the Sniffapalooza Fall Ball, for the end of October. Hope y’all can join us!

    xoxo Karen

  • m.r.everything says:

    Thank you for sharing about your experience at SniffaPalooza. Its great to hear about all these events in the fragrance industry, as most of us are not able to attend, for whatever reason. This gives us a glimpse inside and makes us feel like we were there. I really enjoyed all the little details about each of the fragrance houses visited! That was pretty cool to hear a little about each one. I am always excited to try ANYTHING new, especially anything on CaFleureBon. If it was worth writing about, its worth a sniff! I am really interested in trying UME by Euphorium Brooklyn. This one sounds amazing and really has my attention. I have done other research on that fragrance and cant wait to try it regardless! Thank you for the opportunity, as usual! I live in Delaware! Take care for now…

  • Diana D says:

    I would love to attend one of these events one day. I’d be in heaven surrounded by so many amazing perfume houses all in one place!! I would be most excited to try samples of fragrances from Euphorium Brooklyn.
    I live in the US (Pennsylvania)

  • roxhas1cat says:

    What a fun event! I’ve never been to NYC, but that could entice me to go. The rose fragrance bottle display is super cute!! I’d love to try Rose Pompon. I am most curious about Natura Brazil. Amy Marks McGee would be a fun person to know. Thanks for bringing Sniffapalooza to us. I live in the US.

  • Steve A. says:

    I’d be most drawn to the sample of Iris Rebelle. Never attended an event anything like this. US

  • Jake smith says:

    I would love to go to an event like this so many great fragrances to smell. Thanks for the detailed account of the fun I would have loved to try out the lelabo fragrances! Keep up the good work!

  • j_owen says:

    Thank you fore the very detailed article. Wish I could have been there. Congratulations on the Science of Scent Stories award! PA, USA

  • Beatriz says:

    Thank you for the fabulous article and recap, Hernando! Sniffapalooza events are always a joy. And such a fantastic and fascinating community of people. Look forward to the next.

  • Cynthia says:

    Thank you, Hernando. Reading this is the next best thing to being there. I was at Sniffapalooza in 2011, and I must admit the most exciting part was the big bag of samples I had at the end. This one looks like a lot of fun. I would be most curious to sniff the new ones from Phoenix Botanicals but it all sounds good.

  • jeremyn87 says:

    Sounded like a really cool and fun event. I wish we had ones like these in Chicago. I’ve never been to a Sniffa event. The Eris Parfums one sounded interesting, although heavier for the upcoming season.

  • Teresa says:

    Although I have never been to a Sniffapalooza, I feel I have after reading Hernando’s play-by-play! It was *almost* like being there myself! I would love to try out Phoenix Botanicals latest natural perfumes. I am in the continental US, Phoenix exactly! Thank you for the opportunity to take an armchair trip to the latest Sniffapalooza.

  • doveskylark says:

    I would love to attend a Sniffapalooza event in the future. I like the idea that independent perfumers are presented here as well as top company brands. I would love to try Euphorium Brooklyn’s Ume. I live in the USA.

  • doowtnehpets says:

    I enjoy all the pics with the booths of different brands. Seems like everything is very artistic for the presentations. Never been to a sniff event before. Seems like they’d be lots of fun. I’d imaging you need to bring some coffee beans. I’ve been interested in that Iris Rebelle from Atellier.

  • James2473 says:

    Great report, Hernando! I’ve never been to any Sniffapalooza events, but it’s something I know I would love to attend. I’m most interested in getting my nose on those new By Kilian fragrances, particularly Love The Way You Taste! It sounds like the perfect scent for summer! I’m located in the United States.

  • NiceVULady says:

    I’m so jealous. Hernando, you must have had so much fun. The review makes me wish I could attend one of these events. I’d love to sniff some of these new fragrances. What a treat that would be. Thanks for the draw. I’m in the USA

  • Catanosmia says:

    I think Cire Trudon would have grabbed my wallet! And Lotus Pollinator has been on my “hope to someday sniff” list this year. I don’t live in an area where this type of event would be held. It would be so much fun to meet like-minded people and visit so many fantastic shops! Thanks for sharing the experience with us and thanks for the draw! I’m in the US>

  • Zibbyz says:

    oh, this sounds like so much fun! I shall start my bucket list with Sniffapalooza, and a walking tour of perfumeries in NYC (or any scent-city, thb). Ume sounds interesting, and I would love to try the new Diptyque scents, Fleur de Peau. Thank you for sharing, I’m in the Con US.

  • StaceyW says:

    It was great to hear a first-hand account from Hernando so I can imagine I’m there, I am super excited about the Miami Vice pair from By Kilian. Thank you for the draw, I am in the U.S.