Many perfumes attempt to capture the feeling of love. Many, I am sad to say, miss the mark. A relative newcomer Mercedes Ganon and her first release Jus d’Amour does its name justice.
The perfumer Juliet Stewart works with on her Juliet fragrances Lorenzo Dante Ferro enjoyed taking what is a modern floriental Eau de Parfum which is more floral than oriental and switching it up for the Juliet Extrait making it more oriental than floral.
The latest release for the Les Exclusifs de Chanel line, 1932, is one of those fragrances which wash away the recent past in a sparkling shower of olfactory diamonds created by Jacques Polge.
KEROSENE Fragrances Unknown Pleasures contains nothing but delicious foodstuffs (and drinks) and creates one of the most interesting gourmand vanilla scents I have had the pleasure of sniffing in a long time.
It appears as if there is a burgeoning trend at reviving perfume houses of the past. For the Oriza L. Legrand return it begins with four fragrances by Elisabeth de Feydeau: Deja Le Printemps, Oeillet Louis XV, Relique Dd’Amour, and Reve d’Ossian.
It is no surprise that perfumers are inspired by love. Independent perfumers have the opportunity to let their emotion carry them to a creative place and the two new fragrances by Jessica September Buchanan of 1000 Flowers; Ode for Him and Love is Sweet go there.
