Video: Christopher Brosius of CB I Hate Perfume (Introduces New Fragrance Invisible Monster)
Film maker Aaron Peasley’s new documentary/ video on Christopher Brosius of CB I Hate Perfume.
New Fragrance Review: Serge Lutens Santal Majuscule or Goldilocks and the Three Santals
In Santal Majuscule the cocoa is that dusty powdery smell of fine desiccated sweet. It dusts the heart of sandalwood in Santal Majuscule and then the typical Oriental beats of a Serge Lutens perfume arrive on the back of a Turkish rose. This is just a perfectly balanced sandalwood perfume.
MOR From Australia: “Affordable Luxuries from a Modern Apothecary” Fragrance Review
Australia has spawned many superb perfume Houses; a couple of years before the last millennium turned, two very visionary individuals (Dianna Burmas & Deon St. Mor) began MOR in a small shop in Melbourne. Their love of travel, art, fashion and food eventually resulted in their release of lines of aromatherapy products and fine fragrances. Their process of blending old time ingredients with modern technologies has promoted what they call “an awakening of the senses with an innovative twist” in the creation of each new product line.
New Fragrance Review: Cognoscenti 1, 16, and 19: Perfume With A High IQ + Draw for 5 Sample Sets
When I went to the San Francisco Artisan Fragrance Salon, one of the vendors that interested me was a brand new line launching that very day called Cognoscenti. The Scent Artist, as her business card title proclaims, is painter, architect, and designer Dannielle Sergent, who was encouraged to explore her unique, intuitive take on perfume creation.
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Maria Candida Gentile The Exclusive Collection “Affascinanti Profumi” + 15mL Reader’s Choice Draw
I am coming to appreciate how much harder it is for a perfumer to have depth and contour when only using a very few notes, The Exclusive Collection is an example of what the skill of a Maitre Parfumeur, like Maria candida Gentile, can do with just a few notes.
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Parfums M. Micallef Art Collection Vanille: The Four Seasons of Vanilla + Reader’s Choice Sample Draw
When our best niche perfumers take out the vanilla and think to use it as the focal point for one of their creations these vanilla fragrances become explorations into the possibilities of turning the pedestrian into something less so. Martine Micallef is one of these perfumers and her new set of four releases, for her Parfums M. Micallef label, called the Art Collection Vanille is the proof.