The fourth version of Elements Showcase is the only real US show of its kind, organizers Frederick Bouchardy, Ulrich Lang, and Jeffrey Lawson continue to provide an American alternative to the European trade shows with a New York City attitude
Many things intrigued me on reading Kim Spadaro’s Profile in American Perfumery. One was the influence of her mother on her art and life. The other was the way she spoke so passionately about fragrances and how she was inspired to create
One of the fragrances at the NY Elements Showcase that Managing Editor Mark Behnke thought was noteworthy was Bond No. 9 Manhattan. My first thought was since the Company is famous for creating fragrant homages to NYC neighborhoods I would be interested in how they would interpret the whole city.
It becomes harder and harder for me to recommend mainstream fragrances as they all seem to coalesce into a fruity floral mass of similarity. I think Edition manages to stand out from that crowd
One of my favorite discontinued fragrances is Absinthe by Slatkin & Co. by Christophe Laudamiel (given to me by Chandler Burr) before Harry and Laura Slatkin sold the company to Limited Brands in 2005. Nest debuts Amazon Lily, Passiflora and Midnight Fleur
“Hyacinth is elusive, at once fleeting and headstrong. To me it is Spring everlasting, which makes it more mysterious than innocent.”
