And Hashem said to Mosheh [Heb. Moses] take for yourself sweet spice, stacte, and onycha with galbanum; sweet spice with pure frankincense; they shall be of equal weight. And you shall make incense of it, a frankincense like a perfumer makes; with salt, pure and holy
Keiko’s goal was to transport us to two very different climes:The Japan of the delicate, velvety camellia, and the Goa of our sun-drenched dreams
They reveal themselves very differently, but there is no doubt in my mind that a great deal of care, consideration, and tenderness went into their conception.
And for those with a passion for fragrance, there are more sweet-scented flowers than you may ever encounter in Bali -such profusion again. Massive gardenias, jasmine trailing from branches, frangipani trees…and champaca flowers
I am from the West and this fragrance is definitely Eastern. For many of us notions of the desert being romantic are from art, movies and books Like many veils stripped away slowly, Oasis reveals its beauty in a true natural Arabic perfume
Cartier’s Baiser Volé is utterly pleasing, on many levels, For example: I wore it to work, of all scent-averse places, and it was remarkable how many folk commented on its beauty.
We’re talking a wide swath – across the board – of ethnicities, gender, and chronological age.
That alone is highly unusual
New Zealand is far from the traditional European centers of perfumery but Francesca Brice and Kate Jason Smith are showing that creativity in the 8th art knows no borders
