Batucada transports us to the beaches of Ipanema!
Batucada, created by les nez (French and Brazilian) Karine Vinchon Spehner and Elisabeth Maier Batucada is also a reference to a very popular, sensual dance.
It has been a successful first half of 2011 for Joseph Quartana the mind behind Six Scents. Six Scents: Series Three just won the Fifi Award for “Best Indie Perfume”. His store Seven New York is one of SoHo’s most forward thinking boutiques
There are several facets that make Peche Noir unique. Shelley Waddington used rose otto, gardenia from her own garden. Peche Noir is referred to as a fruity chypre- and that is truth in advertising
For my vacation, I went to Bulgaria in search of roses . In the Valley of the Kings, I’m just a little prince …. This is the name given to the Valley of Roses, won by a Thracian kingdom. It is located in the heart of Bulgaria.
Real beauty is a ray which emanates from the holy of holies of the spirit, and illuminates the body, as life comes from the depths of the earth and gives color and scent to a flower”-Kahlil Gibran
In 2007, I met Neil l Morris (and his partner David Garten of Neil Morris Fragrances at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. for brunch on a picture perfect summer late morning. We drank cappucinos and ate berries and yogurt. I wasn't prepared for this big, charming man that had dozens of vials of perfume in his pockets; …
