Aside from its obvious culinary value, nutmeg was believed to cure everything from impotence to the Plague and has also been consumed for its supposed hallucinogenic qualities and the secret ingredient in Coca Cola.
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
