Everyone wondered what a nice Jewish girl was doing hauling a sears toolbox filled with oils all over Southern California saying “may I anoint you”.My mother always said there was the paved path, and the one you needed a machete to carve out – and I was always a machete type of girl.
Roja Dove, recently answered the question “what makes a good perfume” and he replied “Good-quality materials and a perfumer following their own heartbeat and not copying someone or something else.” When I received a sample of XJ17/171861, at first sniff, I nearly swooned. This just may be one of the best citrusopenings I have smelled
Acqua di Parma has since 2004 in its Le Nobili collection been exploring a single flower and attempting to uncover the nobility of each. Iris Nobile and Magnolia Nobile have been excellent examples of this style of fragrance. . Now we have a new fragrance in the La Nobili collection, Gelsomino Nobile.
Mona Di Orio fragrances have always enjoyed a cult following among a select group of the cognescenti. Mystery surrounded her inaugral line (reminding me of another Mona) . It’s above all a deep Mediterranean influence in her sensibilty.olfctively and personally.
Liz Zorn’s three latest releases are excellent examples of the way Ms. Zorn goes about creating fragrance and I found all three brought something different to the table
My greatest love in American perfumery is certainly the spirit that is so quintessentially “American” – to discover, to try what has not been done before, to dance to the beat of your own drum and create a business around that beat.Sarah is offering TWO prizes- one is any of her “Perfect” fragrances and one is an ounce of your very own CUSTOM BLEND perfume!
