For his latest fragrant endeavor he has created the first fragrance in The Beautiful Mind Series: Intelligence & Beauty. Instead of looking to the latest “no brain all physical beauty” celebrity as inspiration, he chose Christiane Stenger who at the age of 12 became a Grandmaster of Memory
Amber is one of my favorite notes in all of perfumery. I love the way it can have an almost medicinal edgy feel to it as in Montale Blue Amber; or that it can be as soft and warm as a cashmere sweater as in Jean-Claude Ellena’s Heremessence Ambre Narguile. One thing all of the …
If nose Geza Schoen asked my opinion as to which woman should be the next muse for his Beautiful Mind perfume series, it would be Liz Zorn. Fiercely “independent”, one of the few noses that creates both natural and perfumes that use synthetics. Liz composes her fine fragrances in her mind first, and I am reminded of the quote by Michelangelo, ” I saw the …
Jean-Claude Ellena is one of the most glittering stars in the perfume firmament. He has created a signature style that is almost instantly recognizable. There have been creations by other perfumers which have been complimented by being termed “Ellena-like”. What I mean when I use that kind of terminology is a use of a …
We are living in the 21st century, where open office environments and anti-fragrance activists may turn our love of perfumery into a crime.
According to my correspondance with Pierre Guillaume, (the self- proclaimed "chemist" behind some of the most evocative and finely crafted fragrances I love), Papyrus de Ciane, " is not just a "Top+Heart" green note. It's a green scent completely embodied, with a complete course in the green galaxy. Papyrus is built like a green story, not only like cut …
