The fifth Le Elixir Charnel, Floral Romantique, has just been released. The inspiration this time was to be “The Romantic Woman” and in Thierry Wasser’s perfumed vocabulary that means a woody floral. It also means this one is my favorite Le Elixirs Charnels so far.
As a rule every time I see “summer” on the label I avoid it. Like anything all rules are made to be broken and the Sunessence editions of Thierry Mugler’s trademark fragrances Angel and Alien have become those rulebreakers, for me.
Hiroshima mon Amour the fragrance sort of re-creates the French and Japanese conversation of the movie in olfactive form. It has a contrasting kind of construction and feels like the give and take of a lively debate. I found it to be really interesting due to the nature of this fragrant conversation taking place on my skin.
Last week, it was my pleasure to converse with soft-spoken Elise Pearlstine, the natural perfumer behind Bellyflowers Botanical Perfumes. Elise thoughtfully sent me her latest creation, Wild Chypre- composed with many wild-harvested plant absolutes, a perfume which evolved on its own. I frankly am mad for it; it is unusual and beautiful in a singular manner.
I reviewed Profumi del Forte Versilia Platinum and found that was more Alps than beach. Versilia Aurum turns that formula around and is more beach than Alps. Which as someone who spent too many early mornings on the beach suits me fine.
I have never made the trip to Versailles to visit the L’Osmotheque but it has certainly been on my perfumista bucket list and while it still is; I got the next best thing at Esxence 2011 in Milan the traveling version of L’Osmotheque. As part of their mission to let this fragrant history be experienced by the greatest number of people they have made a traveling version and within two hinged wooden cases the fragrant world’s masterpieces beckoned to me.
