Le Bron James can’t take the ‘heat’ of New York City…. Nor can the Amtrak commuters who waited for hours during yesterday’s commuting delays. Summer in any big city can overpower your senses. Especially your sense of smell. Cafleurebon has some important tips on how you can stay cool when the temperature rises… Whether you ride the subway, the T or le metro.
In Greek mythology,The Hesperides were three nymphs who tended a blissful garden belonging to the Goddess Hera in Tangier, Morocco. The succulent and much guarded fruit of Hera’s orchard started The Trojan War, when Paris of Troy was asked to the choose who the fairest amongst Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. The winner is
The winner of Cafleurebon’s draw for Alexandra Balahoutis’ Strange Invisble Perfumes Temple of Musk for the Natural Perfumer’s Guild The Mystery of Musk Internet Project is …
Yes the IFRA rules change, I must always keep up, especially because I use many natural and raw materials. But I can always create with what is available…. I am not affected too much by these rules and my advice to any new perfumer? Never compromise your art for commerciality
Is it difficult to blend an accord similar to animal musk but solely with botanicals? You betcha. But the skilled perfumer can provide his or her customer with scents similar in effect to real musk by providing the human system the stimulus needed to enhance ones own ‘musk’ or personal scent. – We thank Anya McCoy and the Natural Perfumer’s Guild for including Cafleurebon in this project. We chose to spotlight each perfumer and their work individually. The draw for the bottle of Strange Invisible Perfumes Temple Of Musk we are giving away in conjunction with the project, ends July 7, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST
As in the words of Jean Claude Ellena, “A perfume must tell a story on the skin”. With eleven of the twelve submissions in, and having sniffed each one, I chose to write about the Mystery of Musk fragrance that told MY story…. Charna Ethier’s Musk Nouveau. The fragrance truly reminds me of the vices of my youth;a flashback to Paris of the early 1980s. Nous rencontrons l’auteur quand elle vivait à Paris
