This was my first time being invited to see a perfume laboratory operation and be able to ask all of the science geeky questions which crowd my overheated mind. On a Monday in early July I visited Robertet and learned about fragrant fractions without having to worry about the lowest common denominator.
The newest release by Chanel, Coco Noir is meant to be a popular perfume and I mean that with both sides of the popularity blade in play. Like Bleu de Chanel in 2010, Coco Noir is created for the woman who has a few bottles of fragrance on her dressing table. I expect Coco Noir will be the number one selling fragrance this upcoming holiday season and for those not immersed in perfume it will be something they very likely will buy again, it will be popular.
Pierre Aulas and Sonia Constant were the team to bring Swarovski Edition to life and their inspiration piece was the Swaovski Star Shadow clutch bag. Just like the clutch the perfumers made the middle of Edition the place where things get very intense and glittery as rose and gardenia provide the heartbeat. It is a subtly sparkly fruity floral with a great amount of style.
I think what Providence Perfume Company’s Charna Ethier set out to create was a modern vintage perfume which emulated the richness of Youth Dew while holding out a bit of the brightness of Divine and if that was the desire Divine Noir succeeds on both of those levels.
The times are few where my chemistry geek side and my perfume geek side overlap. One of the places has been the existence of the Mane Jungle Essence technology. When I received the new Etat Libre d’Orange Dangerous Complicity the note list led off with three notes containing the JE initials and I thought this would be a good chance to see this in action.
I would have to say that one of my favorite people in all of perfumery is Victoria Christian the daughter of Clive Christian. I have had the great pleasure of meeting her a few times and every time I walk away thinking what a fun, intelligent, and sophisticated person she is. There are two new Clive Christian fragrances which are named after her simply called V for Men and V for Women.
