NEW FRAGRANCE: Parfums DelRae Coup de Foudre is a Coup de Grace

June 11, 2010July 1, 2010

For their second collaboration Mme. Roth and M. Vasnier choose another well-known floral as their central accord and, as in Mythique, find a unique source to build their new fragrance Coup de Foudre around. The flower at the center of Coup de Foudre is rose and M. Vasnier goes right to the heart of French perfumery in Grasse and uses one of the two remaining fields of Rose de Mai (Rosa Centifolia) as the source. Through a new extraction process gave the Rose de Mai a “feel of sniffing a live rose on the vine they wanted to add a new vibrancy to a rose fragrance”.

2010 Fifi Award Winners-Bond No. 9 and Tom Ford Win Twice

June 10, 2010July 1, 2010

The Fragrance Foundation Fifi Awards were handed out in a gala ceremony in New York City on June 10th at The Downtown Armory. The Fifi Awards are considered to be the most prestigious awards in the industry and are frequently described as the “Oscars of the fragrance industry”. Via the Fifi awards Twitter feed …

Xerjoff Oroville and Xerjoff Oesel-Reach For A Star

June 10, 2010July 1, 2010

I discovered Xerjoff fragrances about a year ago and was sent samples of the entire line at the time by the company. Xerjoff was positioning themselves to be the ultra-luxe Italian fragrance equivalent to Amouage and their French-Middle Eastern influences. Of this initial group of fragrances I admired the quality of all of them. …

NEW FRAGRANCE: Eau de Yosh Parfums Six Degrees of Separation

June 8, 2010October 25, 2011

Ms. Han has done an incredible job of reformulating her original six fragrant oils into something different and exciting and altogether beautiful. I think this shows a perfumer who really understands the architecture which underlies her fragrances and how to successfully alter it. Then again what else would I expect from a perfumer for whom the Chinese character for her name, Yosh, means fragrant. It is clear to me she has a deep connection to her fragrances

NEW FRAGRANCE: Comme des Garcons Wonderwood

June 6, 2010July 1, 2010

When you look at that note listing the only notable woody note missing seems to be pine or fir. When you look at that note list you also undoubtedly get the idea that this is a wood fragrance to the nth degree and your tolerance for that sort of fragrance will go a long way towards how you feel about Wonderwood.

When Niche is Nichest: M. Micallef Shanaan and Micallef Studio Lucky Charm

June 2, 2010July 1, 2010

This is why I look forward to every new release by Mme. Micallef eagerly because when she finds these serendipitous combinations these fragrances are wonderful. In her two latest releases she has done this for incense in Shanaan and lily of the valley in Lucky Charm.