When the near simultaneous news of Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum and La Collection Privee Oud Ispahan was received I was again expecting Dior and M. Demachy to go 1-for-2. On that score I was right but which one I thought would be the hit and which one the miss, well there I was not quite right.
The theme of the House of Amouage’s latest fragrance duo, Interlude for Man and Woman revolves around the idea that internal harmony can be created from external chaos.
Unlike the vast majority of commercial flankers, Brent’s Re-Mix Project perfumes often seriously rival their originals, if not improve upon them. Brent recently sent me a sample pack of the latest three, St Tropez Dispenser Apres Solieil, Little Miss Panda Gets Lei’d, and Incensed Short Fuse.
I met Kelly Jones Podorsek at Sniffapalooza a few years ago and we began talking about perfume and about the collection of wine inspired fragrances she was creating . I am a wine snob and like Paul Giamatti, in the movie Sideways, “I am not drinking any f’ing Merlot”. But I will wear it as a perfume.
I wasn’t expecting a new Vero Profumo until next year. Imagine my delight when Ms. Kern told me in January at the Elements Showcase she was almost done with a new fragrance that would be ready for this fall. So ahead of schedule her seventh fragrance Mito will be available in September.
Songe d’un Bois d’Éte has enough French school perfumery to always give an appearance or glimmer of the familiar Guerlain perfumery art, at the same time as there is enough Middle Eastern edge to keep you guessing
