For his latest fragrant endeavor he has created the first fragrance in The Beautiful Mind Series: Intelligence & Beauty. Instead of looking to the latest “no brain all physical beauty” celebrity as inspiration, he chose Christiane Stenger who at the age of 12 became a Grandmaster of Memory
Amber is one of my favorite notes in all of perfumery. I love the way it can have an almost medicinal edgy feel to it as in Montale Blue Amber; or that it can be as soft and warm as a cashmere sweater as in Jean-Claude Ellena’s Heremessence Ambre Narguile. One thing all of the …
Jean-Claude Ellena is one of the most glittering stars in the perfume firmament. He has created a signature style that is almost instantly recognizable. There have been creations by other perfumers which have been complimented by being termed “Ellena-like”. What I mean when I use that kind of terminology is a use of a …
The 24th fragrance release in the Parfumerie Generale line of fragrances just might be the greenest fragrance I’ve tried in a long time. As the weather begins to change, I yearn for the green scents of spring. In Papyrus de Ciane, Pierre Guillaume, has managed to bottle the smell of early spring by returning to something …
