When it comes to Bertrand Duchaufour I find my favorites of his creations are those which are the deeper and heavier fragrances. . I was forced to re-examine that thought with the five Eau de Toilettes M. Duchaufour composed for Historiae: Orangerie du Roy, Hameau de la Reine, Bouquet du Trianon, Rose de France, and Violette Imperiale.
Jalousie was inspired by Alain Robbes-Grillet’s eponymous novel, La Jalousie about a husband who suspects his wife is having an affair with the owner of a neighboring banana plantation The perfumer’s origin makes it an even more curious, complex, and poignant fragrance
The old proverb says “good things come to those who wait”. After three years of waiting three very good things have come to those who love Le Labo and great perfume and they are named Lys 41, Ylang 49, and Limette 37.
I have a soft spot in my perfumed heart for Italian fragrances. Without being brusque, overbearing or obnoxious, Laboaratorio Olfattivo encapsulates that Italian aesthetic of both luxury and quality with sensibility and charm with both of the new fragrances, Noblige and Decou-Vert.
When I learned that Shelley Waddington of EnVoyage Perfumes was creating a scent based on the life of Zelda Fitzgerald, the memory of my teen obsession came roaring back. I was anxious to try Zelda.
For the New Kingdom collection Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of DSH Perfumes was inspired by original Egyptian perfumes she had studied for the King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum and wanted to revisit those and modernize them. The results are Iridum, Keni, Antiu, and Megaleion
