CaFleureBon Profiles in Perfumery:The Winner of Mandy Aftel 2ML Perfume Mini
Senior Editor Ida Meister has been wearing Aftelier Perfumes since they debuted, and was the the first to review Honey Blossom, a FiFi finalist in 2011
The Winner of 2ml of Guerlain (1993) Vol de Nuit “The Master and Margarita” Draw
Vol de Nuit opens up with galbanum. When I smelled it for the first time at Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s studio, I hated it.What happens with Vol de Nuit is Margarita’s laughter. Sparkling aldehydes — seems like they are jumping in the air, and if I swallow one of those bits of laughter
The Winner of a Sample Lisa Kirk Revolution from Indiescents
In Revolution, the vetiver melds with birch tar in a distinctly urinous manner.
Someone peeled out in a momentous hurry, and your back has the tire tracks to prove it.
The Winner of the Lord Jester ARES EdC
Ares EDC is a light amber with spicy top notes at first; after a while, the scent becomes pure amber. – Adam Gottschalk, Natural Perfumer and member of The Natural Perfumer’s Guild
CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes + Reader’s Choice “Mini” Draw (Includes Parfum Prive)
Perfume is about impermanence; it is about something fleeting, volatile, there-and-not-there. There is also an authentic sparseness – pare things down to their essence, but keep the poetry- Mandy Aftel
The Winners of Fave Fall Scents: Parfums DelRae Bois de Paradis and 10ml of DSH Pandora
It’s 79 degrees today in New York, not quite sweater weather, but time to start transitioning into cold weather scents