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.
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.
Earlier this year in NYC at Elements, I barely had the opportunity to thoroughly examine the soOud collection…
I was captivated by Stéphane Humbert- Lucas- that too-handsome rascal nose for both Nez à Nez and soOud.
Last weekend – during Sniffapalooza’s Spring Fling- I was able to devote more time to the lot…and I did.
Several fragrances caught my nose- but only one did I purchase and that one was Burqa.
Decidedly cheerful, fairly linear, a greenly floral, transparent aquarelle-
Un Jardin Sur Le Toit surprised me with its good-fellowship last weekend at Sniffapalooza, where I sniffed it for the first time.
DSH Perfumes create two distinct muguet compositions; one botanical and one ‘mixed media’ (distinctly madrigal mode!) Dawn has shared her lovely painterly visualizations with us; they illuminate my prose, more than I can…A multi blog project
In ancient mathematics- as in writing – the usage of three lends emphasis and increases the satisfaction one experiences.
Was perfumer Neil Morris aware of this when he created his parfum A Rose Is A Rose?
Three glorious roses well bedded and wedded.
