Compared to flowers, perfumers are super beginners in creativity ! The most perfect natural smell of flowers is my personal quest, and one that never ceases to excite me -Calice Becker
Amongst the 7 finalists for Hall of Fame women are Maurice Roucel and Francis Kurkdjian, friends of CaFleurebon. Leave them a comment to root on 24 Fauborg Hermes and JPG Le Male (remember 24 fauborg took 15 years to create)
What is Sniffapalooza ? It’s the world’s largest scent event founded by Karen Dubin and Karen Kovel Adams where fragrance newbies and aficionados gather to meet, greet and eat with the movers and shakers in the world of fragrance!!!
Our journey to the Red Carpet will have to wait , we congratulate Elle.com. But there were two precedents set: one for a finalist in Natural Perfumery and one for three finalists honors for a blog in its first year. Draw courtesy of Mandy Aftel
Our own Sr. Editor Ida Meister was asked by Mandy Aftel personally to review Aftelier Candide and Honey Blossom.
Michelynsuggested that my first article would be not only about where and how fragrance appears in literature, but our mutual admiration for Robert A. Heinlein’s Sci-Fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land. The gift of perfume was chosen signifiying ‘humanity”. You grok?
Fabrice Penot threw down the neroli scented gauntlet, after a year of refusing an interview, he emailed me ”it’s not the answers, it’s the questions”. You are officially challenged to a duel, cheri. READERS CHOICE DRAW AHHHH LE LABO
