The limited edition Scented Calendar from the Paris-based fragrance purveyor Quintessence works on the same principle: Along with a bound calendar for your wall, you get one gloriously fragranced, individually packaged candle for each month of the year.
Green is the new Black. Not too long ago, I wrote for an ezine whose Editor-in-Chief told me “no more articles about natural perfumes, and enough already with Mandy Aftel”. There can never be enough of Mandy Aftel.
2010 was Sr. Editor Monica “Skye” Miller’s ‘biscentual’ year. Kewdra, represented the base chakra and Bed of Roses the heart chakra.
Ida’s and Michelyn’s ‘Best Scent of the Year 2010’ award went to Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Abslolue pour le Soir & L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversee du Bosophore. What better way for the winners to celebrate a new decade?
Both scents are reminders for me of happy childhood memories. Bravo Christopher and thank you for being so simple and pure.
Was 2010 a good year for fragrance? In the words of Charles Dickens, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. While some companies played it safe, a few took risks, creating new and note-worthy fragrances
