Mandy Aftel’s Yahoo Second Act Video (Cameo by Michelyn Camen, Editor-In-Chief of CaFleureBon)

Is there life after 40… you bet! In a series by Yahoo, called Second Act, men and women, like Mandy Aftel (who became a natural perfumer over 15 years ago) turn there lives around, pursue their bliss and in Mandy’s case create a legacy that has touched thousands of lives and has given legitimacy to natural perfumery
as ART. Mandy is not a ‘zealot’, she chooses natuals to paint her landscape, and happily co-exists in the world of fine fragrance

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The Mystery of Musk: Tallulah B2 by Jane Cate A Wing and a Prayer Perfumes *The Perfumed Petticoat*

Tallulah B2 is a fragrance that one would not immediately associate with the musk category. Rather its an exploration of using vegetal musk, as an underpinning of a natural scent and is an inherent part of its structure. It may be hidden from view, but its essential to its compostion. Overall a pleasing bright floating floral with a perfumed petticoat of the most delicate of “musk”, peaking through.

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The Mystery Of Musk: *Blissful Intimacy* Drifting Sparks Lisa Fong, Artemisia Natural Perfumes

Drifting sparks by Lisa Fong for Artemisia Natural Perfume was everything I had hoped it would be. The black currant and fruity sambac gave the sweet juiciness I was looking for reminiscent of animal musk, the ambergris and cedar gave longevity and the bois de rose a peppery kick. It reminded me of a woman’s personal scent, the allure of “musk” without a dirty animal funkiness.

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NEW FRAGRANCE: Sex Pistols by Etat Libre D’Orange

there’s a revolution in this bottle.
It’s in the fresh, restless bite of lemon,
sharpened and intensified by a defiant black pepper.
It’s in the unruly turbulence of a prune
and an in-your-face ambrette.
Electrified by aldehydes, you can feel the pure energy,
pared down and pumped up by leather, shot through
with heliotrope and brought back down to earth
by a raunchy patchouli.

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