Phoenix Botanicals Narcissus Cafe by Irina Adam is a perfume full of contradictions, it’s dark and bright and utterly beguiling. I thought of Lord Byron
Perhaps it all started in 2006, before Rose-Oud perfumes were ubiquitous with Montale Paris Black Aoud, one of the first niche house to use oud
With its good time notes of whiskey, cigars and spice, DSH Perfumes Uptown Moonshine, grins over its shoulder that Prohibition never stopped anyone
I have been a fan of Patricia de Nicolai of Parfums de Nicolai since the early 2000s. Patchouli Intense 2009 is one of the best patchouli perfumes
The 7 Virtues Rose Amber truly surprised me. The perfume was not the rich, viscous oriental I had expected but rather a subtle delicate breath of rose
As an American perfumer for Chatillon Lux, I find that many of us feel less bound to a history and tradition in our work -Shawn Maher
