It was always my hope that Mark Birley would take another shot at making a men’s fragrance which would exude the private club kind of elegance where dinner jackets were required of the men. With Mark Birley’s death in 2007 I thought the opportunity had passed with the inspiration. Then late in 2010 Mark Birley For Men Charles Street was released.
The scents from Agonist are supposed to be inspired by the “Nordic climate and culture with its melancholy”. Would Liquid Crystal and Perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin (le nez for Diptyque Eau Duelle) be the fragrance that pulled off Agonist’s stated design credo? Enter our draw for a sample
1997 was the year that Patricia de Nicolai [granddaughter of Pierre Guerlain] created Vanille Tonka; at that time, it was an anomaly.
Today, it holds its own, as so many other noses and houses have sought to author incenses in abundance.
In 2006 online niche fragrance retailer Luckyscent debuted a five fragrance series of perfumes called Untitled which consisted of a simple brief,
“create something unusual, something that goes beyond their normal boundaries”
Susanne Lang, Hilde Soliani and Brent Leonesio were great choices to live up to that simple brief to create beyond their normal boundaries.
I have been looking forward new fragrance from Atelier Cologne, Vanille Insensee. Would Vanille Insensee stay in the light or would they dare to take us into the dark?
Perfume is my drug of choice. Ahhhh CAWFEE. Create your own ‘brew’ with Ava Luxe Cafe Noir …layered with Amber Tibet, Amber D’Or, or Ambre Foncé. One winner can create a javalicious scent just the way they like it.
