SoOud Hajj: The Anti-Oud
I really came to enjoy wearing Hajj because it felt like the antidote to Oud overload or as I called it the Anti Oud. M. Lucas stayed true to his inspiration but made Hajj feel like something different at the same time.
Xerjoff Richwood and Damarose: When Quality Matters + Sample Draw
The two latest releases from Xerjoff, Richwood and Damarose, are excellent examples of their design aesthetic. Richwood welds together rose, sandalwood and patchouli; Damarose creates a lush opulent rose chypre. Both of these fragrances show what can be done when the finest ingredients are available to be used by a perfumer.
Darkly Audacious by Sarah Barton-King: A Decadent Night In Montmartre
The Roaring 20’s, the short era bracketed by World War I and The Great Depression, has proven to be a fertile field for artists and has been a source of inspiration from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to the resurgence of Art Deco in architecture and fashion. Perfume is no different and Sarah Barton-King has used this era as the touchstone for her third fragrance under her The Pink Room label, Darkly Audacious.
Christian Dior La Collection Couturier Parfumeur: Francois Demachy’s Homage To Dior Couture (Part 2)
Part two of my examination of Francois Demachy’s Christian Dior La Couturier Collection Parfumeur in which M. Demachy attempts to paint an olfactory picture of Christian Dior’s life.
Christian Dior La Collection Couturier Parfumeur: Francois Demachy’s Homage To Dior Couture (Part 1)
Francois Demachy’s Dior La Collection Couturier Parfumeur paints a fragrant picture of Christian Dior in seven new fragrances.
By The Creators of Le Labo for Anthropologie Collection: Stairway to Niche Heaven
When I received the press release announcing the collaboration between Le Labo founders Fabrice Penot and Edouard Roschi with the chain store Anthropologie I was thinking here is another step up the stairway to niche finding a wider audience.