Thinking about my mom’s olfactory portrait conjures up many memories of the past. Often when I think of my mother there is sheer laughter in my heart, she was a very funny woman. It’s been 10 years since she crossed over and I still laugh at her antics, they continue to teach me and are …
There is a saying that every sibling has a different 'mother'. Some are biological, some are not. Some are with us, some have departed this earth. Yet, most often the memories of our mothers can be evoked in a moment, by our most primeval sense…our sense of smell. Author Daphne Du Maurier wrote,"If only there could be an …
This has been a spring of some wonderful green fragrances which have encompassed the feel of the renewal of nature. Now that the calendar is marching towards summer you want the green to stay but to feel more of the heat of those dog days. The fragrance that is doing that for me these days …
There are 'friends-in-fragrance' and there are friends. Seldom does one have the opportunity to interview a perfumer that is both. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, the founder and owner of Parfums des Beaux Arts (affectionately known as DSH), is the exception. Can one separate the two? That is the more professional and journalistic approach, but not mine, not today. Dawn is …
Ever since Christian Dior spun-off Miss Dior into Miss Dior Cherie and Chanel transformed Coco into the top selling Coco Mademoiselle, the fragrance industry has seen a plethora of flankers. Flankers are new formulations of a familiar fragrance with enough of the original DNA present to be identifiable and enough new ingredients to make you think you …
Chandler Burr, the perfume critic for the NY Times, challenged a room ( April 10th Sniffaplooza Spring Fling) of perfume aficionados to stop picking apart the threads of an olfactory tapestry by focusing on the notes. He instead asked us to appreciate the perfume as a complete entity and believes that the best perfumes are …
