New Fragrance Review Lady Gaga Fame – “Pop Perfume With Attitude” + Sample Draw
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited celebrity scent of the year, Lady Gaga’s FAME is as over the top in its presentation as the Lady herself. But what is it really like?
Fragrance Review Kim Spadaro Luxury Fragrances-“Italian Elegance, Made in America” + Reader’s Choice Draw
Kim Spadaro is a relative “newcomer” to the perfume game she has managed to create some extremely powerful and passionate potions.The magic that lies in her three fragrances, Noche de Fuego, Sole Nero, and Doux Amour; is obviously the quality of the raw ingredients used and the panache with which she does so.
A Journey Through Juan M. Perez’s “Exotic Island Perfumer’s” Flower Garden + Sample Set Draw
One of the things I appreciate most about perfumer Juan M. Perez is the way in which he seems to “capture” not only the scent of whatever it is he is framing, in a perfume, but the total feeling or complete olfactory experience that created it. If you have smelled any of Juan’s work you will not be surprised to know Magnolio de Verano, Waters of Aswan, and Gardenia Exuberante come alive.
Fragrance Review CB I Hate Perfume: Where We Are There Is No Here-An Essay in Contrast & Contradiction + Sample Draw
Christopher Brosius. The very mention of his name is synonymous with “thinking outside the box”. What this man does is simply amazing. His second newest scent, Where We Are There Is No Here (#405, his fifth from the Metamorphosis or “M” series) is no different.
LORD’S JESTER ”Persephone extrait”: A Perfumista’s Dream Comes True!
Every perfumista I know has, at one time or another, wanted their “own perfume” or has “osmagined” the perfect perfume. I was lucky enough to receive such a perfume (inspired by my suggestions and blended flawlessly by the perfumer Adam Gottschalk of Lord’s Jester) this past March, as a birthday gift. My bespoke perfume was named after one of my favorite stories in Greek mythology, Persephone.
MOR From Australia: “Affordable Luxuries from a Modern Apothecary” Fragrance Review
Australia has spawned many superb perfume Houses; a couple of years before the last millennium turned, two very visionary individuals (Dianna Burmas & Deon St. Mor) began MOR in a small shop in Melbourne. Their love of travel, art, fashion and food eventually resulted in their release of lines of aromatherapy products and fine fragrances. Their process of blending old time ingredients with modern technologies has promoted what they call “an awakening of the senses with an innovative twist” in the creation of each new product line.