The Sniffapalooza FALL Ball 2019 Friday kick-off was a Madison Avenue Scent Trek on October 25th, 2019. Madison Avenue’s Upper East Side has been transformed over the last few years with a number of iconic fragrance brands joining an already impressive list making this quite the scented avenue.
Friday Night’s Kick-Off for Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019 was Team Karen’s Scent Trek with open house stops at the Creed Boutique, FREDERIC MALLE, By Kilian, Atelier Cologne, Goutal Paris, and Diptyque. It was a fragrance lover’s delight.
Many brands were previewing their wonderful holiday offerings.
Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019, DAY ONE: Saturday, October 26th:
Jay McSherry and Hope Freeman of Nateeva with Hope Tupper of Cultus Artem at Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019
The brisk Autumn morning had our senses tune-up entering the recently renovated Beauty and Fragrance Floor at the world-renowned Bergdorf Goodman. Two hours were dedicated to discovering new Fall launches, revisiting favorite brands, and presentations by Holly Tupper of Cultus Artem, Shalini of Shalini Parfum, and Chris Collins of the World of Chris Collins at Exclusive New Fragrance Lab which features a number of curated selections of global exclusives.
Shalini and Daisy Bow at Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019
Big love shown on the floor to Memo Paris’s Oriental Leather (Aliénor Massenet), Jo Malone’s Poppy & Barley Cologne (Mathilde Bijaqui), Shalini’s Paradis Provence (Maurice Roucel), Kilian’s Rolling in Love (Pascal Gaurin), Atelier Des Ors’s Nuda Veritas (Marie Salamagne) and anything and everything Roja Dove.
Founder Karen Dubin of Sniffapalooza
Lunch at PAPILLON BISTRO at Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019
Presentations by:
Birth of a Brand – Cultus Artem: Perfumer and Jewelry Designer Holly Tupper careers in the jewelry, the music industry, and finance took her to travels from New York to Texas to Singapore. She explaining how her influences and inspirations led to developing her all-natural artisan luxury fragrance line which just launched exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman.
Nick Arauz, CEO of Caswell Massey highlighted the brand’s history from being the first fragrance and personal care product company in America founded in 1752 to its numerous new initiatives such as collaborations with the New York Botanical Garden and the Yellowstone Collection of Fragrance Tonics and Moisturizing Oils.
Jon Bresler – LAFCO NY Jon always fascinates with his knowledge and passion for the industry. Fascinating antidotes and quips on how he got started kept the group enthralled. Certainly, it’s been a wild ride.
Simona Abaton of Abaton Exceptional Luxury Brands presented Franck Boclet (Melanie Leroux and Fabienne Bourcier), the French designer of men’s fashions.
Sandy Carr established Blue Hill Fragrances based on the rich heritage of Boston and New England. Her first three scents presented are based on historic areas in and around Boston. The next set will be fragrances that celebrate New England’s landscapes.
Bart Schmidt & Karen Dubin debuted New York-based Love Potion, a collection of four scents for men and for women that are meant to inspire one to attract and radiate love. Much love is shown after lunch at the brand’s table.
Co-founder Michael Simpson of OK Fine Fragrances is the first company dedicated to pioneering handcrafting fragrances aged in American Oak barrels for an entire range created by Fifi award winner Steve DeMarcado. Strips were passed around with intoxicating results!
Emmy Charris of Atelier Des Ors introduced us to one of CaFleureBon’s favorite haute perfume houses. The luxe line consists of fourteen scents. The nose behind the fragrance line is Marie Salamagne. The exquisite and unique flacons almost sell themselves!
Irina Adam of Phoenix Botanicals at Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019
Phoenix Botanicals‘ natural perfumer star Irina Adam, a two time Art and Olfaction Finalist, always wows. She debuted her two most recent scents, In The Pines (with a special shout out to Ida Meister for her recent review) and Ylang Lianas.
Post Lunch At Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019:
Saks Fifth Avenue spectacular Beauty Floor 2.0 is 32,000 sq. feet of top tier beauty and fragrance brands. The Artisan Collection Room featuring Xerjoff, Ramon Monegal, Roja Parfums, Montale, Mancera, Ormonde Jayne, and Amouage was the high point for many niche fragrance lovers.
Penhaligon’s Bloomingdale’s Sniffapalooza fall Ball 2019
BLOOMINGDALE’S Flagship Store on 59th Street’s Beauty and Fragrance department went through a renovation last year with more emphasis on niche perfumes. Visits at Armani / Prive, Penhaligon’s and Guerlain were highlights. Closing out the day was an Italian Happy Hour at Federico Salon & Spa, hosted by Simona Abaton of Abaton Exceptional Luxury Brands displaying and explaining the niche Italian brand Chinotto Collection.
DAY TWO: Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019, Sunday, October 27th: A hard rain did not deter the faithful from getting their scent this Sunday morning.
Caswell Massey, America’s original apothecary, and perfumery just launched a pop-up concept store on Bowery. CEO, Nick Arauz presented an impressive juxtaposition of the brand’s historic background with current offerings showed a forward-thinking brand on the move.
Scent Bar NYC
LA’s Scent Bar just landed a NY address! A big buzz all weekend for the group. Perfumes are displayed according to notes, not collections here. To christen their launch, Perfumer Antonio Gardoni created I LOVE YY. Exclusive here and online. Welcome to the Big Apple!!
The MALIN+GOETZ fall launch of Leather Eau de Parfum and the bespoke Atelier Bloem Collection, inspired by the Amsterdam Flower Market had the buzz.
NEST showed off their Flagship Store with festive holiday offerings that took the gloom off the weather. Their Lifestyle Bodycare Collection got much attention.
Since 1643, Cire Trudon, has been the preeminent French candle house bar none. Exquisite gifting possibilities from their world-class candle collection, room sprays, and rich scents had a number shopping for the holidays.
Hospitality and generosity have been a trademark of Atelier Cologne, making it a favorite amongst the scentful, especially for their Colognes Absolues.
Le Labo always impresses. Many in the group were eager to sample their latest creation, Baie19 (Frank Voekl) which was well received and was much discussed at lunch. The scent blended well with today’s rain.
Olfactory NYC on Mott Street has established itself as a destination for offering luxury fragrance without the luxury price tag. Using the finest sustainable ingredients, they blend and bottle the scent right in the store.
Co-founder and perfumer David Moltz of D.S.& Durga’s uber-hip boutique on Mulberry Street was here to greet and introduce his universe to all. His scents will become your new soundtrack.
Lunch at Little Italy’s La Mela with Presentations:
David Ecker at Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019
MC David Ecker presented two from Clive Christian’s 2019 20th Anniversary Collection, the amber floral Iconic Feminine, and the citrus woody Iconic Masculin. Both are 20% Perfume Concentration. The bright jewel-like color of the bottles celebrates 20 years of perfume excellence. Bravo!
Stephen Dirkes of Euphorium Brooklyn and Tal Shpantzer of Talfoto
Stephen Dirkes of Euphorium Brooklyn brought down the house crooning before whipping out Wald, whose smoky, earthy, and woodsy notes perfectly captures autumn in a bottle. Photographer Tal Shpantzer whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally presented her collaboration of art meets scent with partner Stephen Dirkes.
PERFUMARIE at Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019
Closing out Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019 was PERFUMARIĒ. New creative initiatives launching are classes in blending, intro to perfumery, and an indie perfumers guild is an example of the experiences that await.
Thank you, Team Karen, (Karen Dubin and Karen Adams) for another scentually wonderful weekend and a Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2019 to remember. See you all at The Spring Fling 2020!
~Hernando Courtright, Senior Events Contributor and Brand Ambassador
All Photos by Hernando of CaFleureBon unless otherwise stated©.
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