New Perfume Review: Il Profvmo Voile Blanche + Brigitte Bardot at The Beach Draw
Il Profvmo Volie Blanche is a light floral salty scent that transports me to St. Tropez on a warm day
Il Profvmo Volie Blanche is a light floral salty scent that transports me to St. Tropez on a warm day
The Institute of Art and Olfaction created a competition for artisan and independent perfumers in its inaugural year. We interview Director Saskia Wilson Brown, and learn more from finalists Mik Moi, Yosh Han, Tanja Bochnig, Francois Dusquesne, Amber Jobin, and Francois Merle-Baudoin
Young designer Radiz Nikzad from Iran won the competition for best bottle design for the Scent of Excellence at Esxence 2014
Tama Blough and I have sniffed, tested and worn over 500 new fragrances in 2011, many of the best are by independent perfumers or perfumeries whose work rose above the mediocrity of most fragrances this year
As the end of the year arrives it is time to look back over all that the last twelve months have produced and list the best of the year. In 2011, I tested 471 new releases and reviewed 207 of them. Even those numbers didn’t allow me to test half of the new releases for the year. The fast and furious nature of these releases makes it difficult for anyone to truly have a handle on everything that came out in any given year. That being said out of those new fragrances I did try there were some pretty amazing releases.