It’s a concave scent rather than a convex one, not sweet and fruity, but subtle, primitive and introverted. It’s a green scent, in honor of the green ink that Pablo Neruda used to write his poetry, his personal symbol of desire. The color green for him had a very powerful vibration that nutured creativity.
I chatted with Joseph Quartana, beaming like a proud father, as he filled me in on his much-awaited Six Scents Series Four, subtitled, Characters. “We had all of the designers create a fictional muse. We have some new territory to explore,” he explained.
Francis Kurkdjian will transform the newly opened Osswald Parfumerie and Luxury Skincare Boutique with a unique experiential fragrance installation for the enjoyment of guests
The newest store in the best smelling part of NYC is Osswald NYC which has its grand opening on August 23, 2012. I attended the event and the best news is among the niche brands that Osswald NYC is carrying Pierre Guillaume’s Parfumerie Generale line
The fourth version of Elements Showcase the curated trade show for all thing fragrant just wrapped up after two days August 20-12, 2012 in NYC. As the only real US show of its kind, organizers Frederick Bouchardy, Ulrich Lang, and Jeffrey Lawson continue to provide an American alternative to the European trade shows with a New York City attitude.
Every one of the six courses of chef Tessa Liebman’s “Methods and Madness” dinner inspired by MCMC Fragrances was just as insanely detailed and carefully created. Every course was inspired by a particular MCMC fragrance, created by Anne McClain, and reflecting McClain’s gift of mixing up elixirs that evoke the natural and invoke the emotional.
