For the last few years there has been another bellwether of the Holiday season, for me, as Dawn Spencer Hurwitz releases her new Holiday fragrance. Ms. Hurwitz has been doing this since 2000 and with the release of Cordial for 2012 she has now composed a dozen seasonal scent variations.
Surprise! It is EIC Michelyn Camen’s birthday and Parfum 1 has a $150 gift certificate for any of their hundreds of niche/indie/natural perfumes to giveaway to one lucky reader.
I really enjoyed the first five releases in the Strange Invisible Perfumes Zodiac series and I received the two newest signs Leo and Sagittarius. Alexandra Balahoutis says, “Interpreting the essences of each astrological symbol through botanical essences has been more fun than anyone should ever have at work.” That sense of fun shows.
AJNE’s creator Jane Hendler has taken natural perfumery one step further. Not only does she create and bottle beautiful essences…she grows many of the raw materials used organically on her farm in Carmel, California. The two newest scents, Big Sur and Savannah, are an absolute joy to wear.
California-based natural perfumer JoAnne Bassett has released a new series of scents called the More Life Collection. The collection; Serendipity, Opulence, Ecstacy, Vert, and Italian Smoke, is composed of a selection of fragrances that are mostly variations on rose, with differing effect.
Numb/Encore by Linkin Park and Jay-Z is an example of the musical genre known as a mashup when two songs find a common ground . For those who are fans of both Lady vengeance and Not a Perfume you will be “Mad” about Mad Madame. We have a 50 ml draw
