Oud has become the note of the moment, again. With the release of New York Oud, Bond No. 9 takes that most Eastern of notes and melds it with a New York State of Mind to create the first metropolitan oud fragrance. enter our draw for a 110 ml flacon.
Hilde Soliani’s latest creation Conaffetto is another example of her skill at coaxing the unexpected out of three notes. Conaffetto was created for the wedding day of a close friend of Sig.ra Soliani. The ingredients in confetti candy, almond and sugar, are two of the three ingredients Sig.ra Soliani uses in Conaffetto. The third ingredient is orange blossom. This seems perfect for a wedding day fragrance.
Cocoa Tuberose.
The name alone conjures images of conjugal relations between the dark and the divine, no?
Earthy, heady, dangerous.
When I was a teenager and was introduced to my first formal Afternoon Tea Service I was exposed to a gentile custom that asked the participant to take a break and sniff the Earl Grey. The new five fragrance collection from Jo Malone, Tea Fragrance Blends, creates a perfumed tea tray all of its own and while they all stand on their own; when using a couple of them in combination the sum of these fragrant parts really soars.
Sombre Negra ( black shadow )– a foray into the obscure subconscious. Once lodged, it lingers and like the art of Frida Khalo awakens distant memories, hypnotic. The video “Anatomy of Change” featuring music by Lady Gaga hits the mark
In these days of increasingly senior moments, birthdays are one of the few things I don’t forget. My encyclopaedic recall of these dates is a popular party trick, But I put alot of stock in the year I was born in 1959, the same year Jasmal was created for the actress Natalie Wood
