The colors of our country’s flag are red (for courage), white (for purity) and blue (for valor). I am paying American perfumes a special honor this year by selecting one scent named for each color on the flag and one pair dedicated especially to our country.
Perfumer Andy Tauer, a CaFleureBon pick for Perfumer of the Decade, is one of my personal favorite perfumers. Recently, he embarked on a journey of collaboration with filmmaker Brian Pera to create perfumes based on characters in Brian’s film project, A Woman’s Picture. I received 7 ml bottles of Tableau de Parfums scents; Loretta, and Dark Passage, a limited-edition scent created especially for this project.
It is a difficult thing to lose an artist too soon. The loss of their potential is what those of us know them through their art miss the most. A few months after her death we received news that she had finished a last Le Nombres d’Or called Rose Etoile de Hollande and now it is here to be enjoyed.
I think we all love the smell of the oils in the peels of citrus fruits when we get it on our fingers. Etrog Oy de Cologne captures the lift and brightness of that delicious aroma with a heady opening that is lemony, yet a bit softer.
When the near simultaneous news of Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum and La Collection Privee Oud Ispahan was received I was again expecting Dior and M. Demachy to go 1-for-2. On that score I was right but which one I thought would be the hit and which one the miss, well there I was not quite right.
Thanks to online fragrance forums and the blogopsphere, there is more information available about fragrance than ever. Many members and posters are 18-25. Four young perfumistas speak openly about four subjects- their passion for perfume, smell, technology & their feelings about celebrity scents.
