The latest addition to the Christian Dior La Collection Couturier Parfumeur is called Grand Bal and it feels like the right accessory to add fragrant flow to a Dior ball gown.
Pierre Bernard travels to Africa and learns and shares the secrets of scent in the culture of Djibouti women. Please contact Pierre to donate for this effort
Mandy Aftel has been participating in an ongoing series called Letters To A Fellow Perfumer on NathanBranch.com. The latest interchange took place between Ms. Aftel and Laurie Erickson of Sonoma Scent Studio and lead to the creation of Sepia. Through those letters Ms. Aftel spoke of the choices she made to convey the sense of “elegant decay” she was trying to create.
In the case of S01E01 it’s a person who is by nature a risk taker and a great lover of art, has some of the biggest balls and one of the most creative, fearless minds in the industry.
One of the things that usually irk me about most mass market designer scents is the inevitable wave of innumerable flankers and seasonal releases that follow. This summer, however, I was very pleased to find quite a few very well made ones. Sport and summer epithets do not necessarily mean bad…as you will see
