In my personal story with perfume, an encounter marked a turning point in my life. Until I was 15 years old, I never thought that perfume and femininity were linked. Dans mon histoire personnelle avec le parfum, une rencontre a marqué un tournant dans ma vie. Jusqu’à ce que j’aie 15 ans, je n’ai jamais pensé que le parfum et la féminité sont liées.
“I collect prints and have a mental picture of irises in the ‘floating world’ (the ukiyoé in Japanese) in the works of Hokusai or Hiroshige. They inspired me when I was writing this divertimento based on floral iris. I felt like foiling the classic approach to iris by working on the flower’s fragrances which are virtually unknown- Jean Claude Ellena
“I come from a background of naturals, of natural medicine and natural living & conditioned to think that ‘synthetics’ were ’bad’. In Grasse we studied 150 man-made materials and I was amazed to discover that many of them are beautiful! Reglisse was born from a desire to find a connection between these opposites.
Evan calls her perfumes Puja Fragrances, referencing the ancient Sanskrit word Puja which means “a ritual offering of auspicious items such as flowers, fruit, perfume and sacred ash. The winner is
I am driven by my own ideas of creation and the ethics that I held dear to me. I choose to work from a green, sustainable and conscious perspective…. to create a perfume that could represent the reconciliation that is possible between opposites…Natural balanced with technology, and modern with mystical…
Vetiver, in the presence of vetiverol, has a strong significantly grassy, slightly woody bouquet. Escentric03 is a delightful fresh woody fragrance which effectively shows off the versatility of vetiveryle acetate. If you are someone who likes your vetiver straight with no chaser, Molecule03 will be for you
