The intensity of Tom Ford Violet Blonde had me hopeful for the two new Tom Ford Private Blends. When I found out that Rodrigo Flores-Roux was behind Jasmin Rouge and Yann Vasnier created Santal Blush hope turned into desire.
When I was at the Elements Showcase I met Tony Perez of Belle Fleur Home Classic Floral Collection. I am feeling meditative while Michelyn is feeling sensual The Draw is for White Orchid Tea and Mayan Tuberouse
They used to refer to James Brown as “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business”. Based on his output in 2011 I think we are going to have to dub Bertrand Duchaufour, The Hardest Working Man in Perfume. Over the past few weeks I have been wearing the five Mon Numeros I’ve been able to obtain non-stop and they are some of the best work of M Duchaufour’s time at L’Artisan.
One of the edgier perfume houses is Comme des Garcons. Particularly over the last couple of years as they have undertaken co-creative ventures with a number of different artists and translated it into fragrances. For the collaboration with Hussein Chalayan they chose to take inspiration from his Autumn/Winter 2007 collection titled ‘Airborne’. The most buzzed about look at that show was the dress which was covered with LED lights and that gave the effect of flying through the clouds as it shifted and flowed.
The latest fragrance to tie itself to a famous historic figure was Lubin Black Jade. aka the personal fragrance of none other than Marie Antoinette who slipped it to trusted confidant, the Marquise de Tourzel, shortly before her death. Whether that’s based on reality I can tell you is Black Jade is a wonderfully light spicy fragrance perfect for fall sweater weather.
Sometimes with the image makeover the perfume house can also have a creative makeover as well. Jo Malone has become a very reliable line for my tastes especially since Christine Nagel has taken over as in-house perfumer
