Photo Copyright: Pierre Benard Osmoart
Reading the notes and ingredients of a perfume is a bit like reading a complicated recipe for a French cake. You can imagine what a Gateau St. Honore may taste like, but the reality is quite different. Of course the skill of the chef is as important as the ingredients, just as the skill and artistry of the perfumer, as well as your personal chemistry has much to do with the scent once it is on your skin. That being said, the staff of CaFleureBon has tested so many fragrances, that we each know by now that there are certain perfume notes that we love. It doesn't mean we will automatically blind buy a fragrance with our favorite notes, but we will give it a shot over others based on its ingredients. This month to claim spilled perfume, match the CaFleureBon Editors and Contributors with one of their favorite notes in perfumery.
Photo: Paris Patisseries Gateau St.Honore
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2
1. Valerie's favorite perfume note A. birch tar
2. Michael's favorite perfume note B. styrax
3. Tama favorite perfume note C. oud
4. John's favorite perfume note D. benzoin
5. Mark's favorite perfume note E. lactones
6. Nancy 's favorite perfume note F. narcissus
7. Michelyn's favorite perfume note G. Vetiver
Editor's Note: Each of us submitted 4-5 perfume notes, and the above reflect notes and accords that were not duplicated.
This month's spilled perfume:
50mL EDT bottle Seth Kornegay Petra WORLDWIDE ALL NATURAL
15ml sprayer of Phoenicia Perfumes Gone But Not, Perfumer David Falsberg WORLDWIDE
Achtung! Sampler set by House of Matriarch, Perfumer Christi Meshell WORLDWIDE
Strange Invisible Perfumes MiniBar sampler (Set Includes: Aquarian Roses, Atlantic, Black Rosette, Epic Gardenia, Fair Verona, L’Invisible, Magazine Street, Musc Botanique, Peloponnesian, Prima Ballerina) All Natural WORLDWIDE
Rising Phoenix Perfumery Preda, Perfumer J.K.DeLapp ALL NATURAL WORLDWIDE
50 ML Phaedon Paris Pure Azure courtesy of Osswald NYC USA RESIDENTS ONLY
15 ml press sample of L'Artisan Parfumeur's Skin on Skin from the Explosions d'Emotions Collection, Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour USA and Canada ONLY
INeKe Scent Library Sampler -Floral Curiousities (Sweet William, Angel's Trumpet, Briar Rose, Poet's Jasmine, Scarlet Larkspur) USA ONLY
Let's see how well you THINK you know John, Mark, Michael, Michelyn, Nancy, Tama and Valerie and their favorite perfume notes and ingredients . To be eligible: you must try to match all seven of us to our favorite notes. Wild guesses count! We do not announce if someone gets it right until we post the winners
The first commentor who matches the editor/contributor to their favorite note wins two fragrances of their choice above, so be sure to include the two scents you would like to win in your comment (country restrictions apply) or your comment won't count !
PLEASE USE THIS EXACT FORMAT THAT FOLLOWS OR YOUR COMMENT WILL BE DISQUALIFIED: Name of Editor/Contributor's favorite note is … Answers like 1B WILL NOT COUNT. One comment per reader. If you are a INTL reader please leave that in your comment too. Draw ends September 12, 2013, 2013
If no one guesses correctly, it is a random draw.
We announce the winners only on site and on our Facebook page, so like Cafleurebon and use our RSS option…or your dream prize will be just spilled perfume