Naomi Goodsir is an Australian milliner known for her hats and handbags and now she has expanded into fragrance. Her first two releases are called Bois d’Ascese and Cuir Velours. They were created by perfumer Julien Rasquinet.
When I heard Estee Lauder was releasing its very first unisex scent, Wood Mystique, I was overjoyed. Wood Mystique is definitely a more “cool weather” scent, with its warmer notes, its dark intrigue, and full floriental nature.
Pierre Negrin created the Reem Acra Eau de Parfum based on memories Ms. Acra had of collecting Lebanese amber in the cedarwood forests as a child. He chose to focus on the warm aspects of the colors and scents inspired by those recollections.
The trajectory that led a Ph.D. biologist to a café in St. Germain where a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology sits and “Voila!” like a coup de foudre (lightning bolt) romance blooms. This story, this history of love, is told in three special fragrances created by perfumer Dorothee Piot; Jul et Mad Stilettos on Lex, Terasse a St. Germain and Amour de Palazzo.
It was last July when I learned the Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2012 and New York Comic-Con were going to share the same weekend. Inside my head I’m yelling “KAAAAARENS!” the way Kirk yelled “KHAAAAN!” in Star Trek II. I managed to experience both on a genre bending weekend I called ComicSniffaConPalooza.
Still far away from Winter holiday season, I won’t want a vanilla that is boozy, sweet, and redolent of scraping out a vanilla pod for my holiday baking. I want a Perfect Vanilla, by Sarah Horowitz-Thran, for a Fall day that would somehow remind me of a scary story which ended well.
