In these days of increasingly senior moments, birthdays are one of the few things I don’t forget. My encyclopaedic recall of these dates is a popular party trick, But I put alot of stock in the year I was born in 1959, the same year Jasmal was created for the actress Natalie Wood
We are seeing multi-media artists begin to choose fragrance as one of the forms to express their creativity. Hamburg artist Alexa Lixfield produced a collection of three fragrances which did a nice job of expressing her sense of style. Now Reykjavik, Iceland visual artist Andrea Maack also produces a collection of three fragrances and these not only capture Ms. Maack’s artistic aesthetic but also a feel of her country as well.
Ayala Sender creates intimate perfumes, perfumes which challenge and comfort, scents to stimulate the mind and body –Or soothe the soul.
And last year, right around springtime, Jasmine Pho appeared on the scene- a very limited edition.
Its description utterly seduced me.
Most great symphonic pieces are made up of movements usually different in tone and style. Rarely would I apply this analogy to a perfumer but it seems like Mathilde Laurent is composing a perfumed symphony as she works her way around the clock in Cartier Les Heures de Parfums.
I have always admired Robert Piguet Parfums and I have been especially pleased with the care that Aurelien Guichard has used in modernizing the classics. In being able to take Douglas Hannant’s Modern Classicism and translate it into a thoroughly modern fragrance without losing the classicism that is Robert Piguet Parfums he has shown himself to be a perfumer composing at the top of his game.
I truly believe that – for the most part-
Those generous people, who engaged in thoughtful, meaningful conversation with me at the Elements event, were as sincere as I was.
I felt really close to them.
It wasn’t just a ‘trade show’, for me.
