M Creed has created a classic oud fragrance which is never anything but debonair and I didn’t imagine ever describing an oud fragrance as debonanir and daring in the manner of T. E. Lawrence. I believe Royal Oud is the best Creed fragrance of the 21st Century.
The Jouany Collection was originally scheduled to launch in July, but those of us who attended Sniffapalooza’s Spring Fling were privileged to sample the first two fragrant offerings: Marrakech and St. Barthélemy.
Judith Leiber is releasing the second fragrance under her name, Judith Leiber Night. Judith Leiber Night has a typical Oriental fragrance architecture but it somehow succeeds where the original Judith Leiber fragrance failed for me. Night is a simple woody amber but it has a few more creative nuances than I expected to find.
Charna Ethier of Providence Perfume Company has been a very busy lady lately.
Besides her own booming cottage industry, composing all-natural perfumes, body oils, and now, solid perfume balms -Charna was agonizing about releasing her new solid perfume
Would they be good enough? How was their longevity? Were the fragrances true? Worry worry worry. Charna needn’t have worried.
2011, if it keeps going in this way, is going to be the Bertrand Duchaufour Scent of The Month Club. As we stand here in the middle of May I am trying the fifth fragrance by M Duchaufour. .
Pierre Montale has become a Barista of Oud when it comes to fragrance as he continues to find new variations on the core note of agarwood. With over 26, and counting, aoud fragrances to choose from there is very likely one somewhere in there for everyone who wants to wear an oud based fragrance. The two newest releases, Dark Aoud and Moon Aoud, are very different from each other
