The Mystery Of Musk: dupetit Botanical Musk Nr. 5

July 15, 2010July 16, 2010

Alfredo Dupetit-Bernardi had his own unique way of interpreting the brief Anya McCoy laid out. Hr. Dupetit-Bernardi chose to work with three of his existing compositions as the foundation upon which he would build his “woody erotizing musk”.
Botanical Musk Nr. 5 served as a primer on Hr. Dupetit-Bernardi’s style of natural perfumery.
Hr. Dupetit-Bernardi found his own solution to the “mystery”. In this case it involved taking what came before and re-interpreting it into something brand new.

NEW FRAGRANCE: Amouage Library Collection Opus I, II and III

July 15, 2010July 15, 2010

Christopher Chong, the creative director for Amouage, was “inspired by the recollections and fragments we acquire on our journey; the fragments that collectively represent a tome of memories … the notion of the hidden treasures in a library “.
Truly, there is something here for all tastes.
The goal was to transcend gender; all three are to be worn by anyone.

New Fragrance: Tauer Perfumes Carillon pour un Ange Tauer takes flight

July 14, 2010July 14, 2010

In many ways Hr. Tauer is emblematic of what can be achieved when a perfumer chooses to follow his own path. With Carillon pour un Ange Hr. Tauer has taken flight, as if on the wings of angels.

Scents Of Summer- On the Beach As Seen Through the Paintings of Winslow Homer

July 8, 2010July 8, 2010

My favorite scents for summer are aquatic, reminiscent of suntan oil, and smell of citrus. So grab yourself an orange, put on your sunscreen and join me on the beach this summer. All it requires is a spritz.

Fragrance Review: Honore des Pres We Love NY Collection

July 6, 2010July 6, 2010

There are few perfumers who have a signature style. One is is Olivia Giacobetti. Mme. Giacobetti also has an undeniable architecture to her fragrances, that of sheerness in beauty.Mme. Gicobetti returns with three new ‘green’ fragrances for Honore des Pres dubbed the “We Love NY” collection. The fragrances are packaged in that most disposable of New York City commodities the take-away coffee cup. While the packaging around this collection could be termed disposable, or common, the fragrances inside are not. Mme. Giacobetti’s We Love NY collection for Honore des Pres accurately captures many of the more pleasant smells of New York City and if one is up for an unusual olfactory tour your first step should be to acquire these fragrances

ÇaFleureBon Behind The Bottle: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s Mystery Of Musk Journey

July 4, 2010April 21, 2019

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has created fragrant jazz with her work on The Mystery Of Musk project and it is beautiful music of the most fragrant kind.
If you would like to take the same journey I’ve described for yourself, all of these versions are available on Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s website (https://www.dshperfumes.com/ ) in 30% perfume concentrations. I found all of them to have excellent longevity and modest sillage