New Niche Fragrance Review: Diptyque Eau Moheli- Ylang-Ylang Redux
For the summer release of 2013 Diptyque chose to go with ylang-ylang as the floral in the middle and to commission perfumer Olivier Pescheux to create Eau Moheli.
New Niche Fragrance Collection: Pierre de Velay by Master Perfumer Roja Dove
In a street market in the South of France, Master Perfumer Roja Dove came across a journal titled Pierre de Velay. Mr. Dove has recreated three scents, #11, #23 and #6 that are relevant to today’s taste but remain historically intact.
Niche Fragrance Review: Amouage Fate Man & Fate Woman- Olfactory Entropy (UPDATED 6/12)
When I received the new pair of fragrances from Amouage called Fate Man and Fate Woman, after spraying them on, I was reminded of entropy. The Creative Director at Amouage, Christopher Chong, is also thinking about the way things fall apart as he describes this pair of fragrances as “the end of the first cycle of the Amouage narrative”.
New Fragrance Review: Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena by Ralf Schwieger- Gold, Blue, and Grey
Sometimes a fragrance is so exquisite and uniquely itself that my desire to rush in and write about it comes to a delightful pause and I get to live with the fragrance in a kind of suspended time, waiting to see where it will take me, and that’s exactly how Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena revealed itself.
New Niche Fragrance Reviews: Amouage Beloved Man & Opus VII- Introspection Through Fragrance
The complexity of an Amouage fragrance extends beyond its physical structure. Creative Director Christopher Chong is the Sigmund Freud of perfumery as he liquifies the human condition. Amouage has recently introduced two new fragrances, the new special edition Beloved Man and the latest installment to the Library Collection, the soul-stirring Opus VII.
New Niche Fragrance Review: By Kilian Musk Oud-One Thousand and First Night
The Arabian Nights collection of oud fragrances for By Kilian has released its fifth and final chapter called Musk Oud. All of these previous Arabian Nights were the product of a single perfumer, Calice Becker, and I expected her to finish the run but to my surprise a new storyteller arrived, Alberto Morillas.