I gave over the back of my hand to the one I liked best Stephane Humbert Lucas 777 Khol de Bahrein. For the entire trip home to the US, that day, Khol de Bahrein was a fantastic passenger who kept me delighted and wanting more.
The 2013 release is called Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille sur la Route du Mexique, and that sure seems like a made-up name but the reality of the fragrance is far from frivolous.
I was thrilled to hear that Claude Marchal of Parfums MDCI had engaged Cecile Zarokian for his latest Nuit Andalouse.
A superb new fragrance, Carmen Dances, joins the Tambela line, along with a reformulation of a classic floral scent, Tea Olive. I have also chosen to shine a light on a hidden gem from Tambela’s Essence Collection, Pink Pepper.
David Falsberg of Phoenecia Perfumes mentioned he was working on a fragrance using Skunk Essence called Far NWest. This fascinated me because as a chemist I know how potent the chemicals which make up skunk spray, called mercaptans, are.
For the newest Juliette Has a Gun release, Anyway, the press notes espouse that Anyway has exactly fifteen notes, no more and no less. That one of those notes is the Ambroxan that stood alone in Not A Perfume does feel like a logical progression from that fragrance.
