April Aromatics Wild Summer Crush Review (Tanja Bochnig) 2021 + Eternal Summer Draw

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

The notes of grapefruit, mandarin, yuzu and fruit peels in April Aromatics Wild Summer Crush by Tanja Bochnig are as realistic as taking a bite out of the freshly plucked fruit itself. This is not a passing light citrus that leaves you longing for more, this is a dense, lush mix of citrus fruits including the juice, flesh and skins. If, like me, you love citrus in perfume but not how fleeting the notes typically are, this is a scent you must try. This masterful blend defies the common misconception that natural perfumes are fleeting and unnuanced.

Fiele Fragrances A Flower For You X Ron Finley “The Gangsta Gardener” Review (Linda Sivrican) 2021+ Transforming the Urban Landscape Draw

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

Perfumer Linda Sivrican provides beauty with a mission: proceeds from Fiele Fragrances A Flower For You will benefit The Ron Finley Project, an ongoing campaign which empowers inner city Los Angeles inhabitants to cultivate their own food as a means of encouraging an accessible, better-quality diet and overall health and well-being. Ron Finley is known as The Gangsta Gardener and is both local hero and muse

Sous le Manteau Odisiaque no. 6 Review (Nathalie Feisthauer) 2021 + Bygone Loves and Loves to Come Draw

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021

Sous le Manteau Odisiaque no. 6 smells exactly of what it speaks: of waking up after a long lethargy, the body still warm and stiff from an endless night. It is not bursting, nor too effusive, rather it is tender and hazy like that quiet and intangible state when, lodged between the dream and the real, the world seems but a sea of infinite possibilities waiting to collapse into one.

Maison Tahité Vicious Cacao Review (Luca Maffei) 2021 + “Let them eat cake” Draw

November 14, 2021November 14, 2021

Intelligently balanced, playing between spicy and floral accords, on the backdrop of the most epicurean chocolate experience, this pulse-raising Maison Tahité Vicious Cacao is to be indulged in, time after time, guilt-free.

RUBIN MUSEUM SCENT EXPERIENCES WITH CHRISTOPHE LAUDAMIEL + The Zoo Amber Classico Modern 2021 and Inspiring Kodo Incense Draw

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

The Ruben Museum’s Mandala Lab exhibit is on view through October 2031. Inspired by powerful Buddhist principles, it features five thought-provoking, mufti-sensorial experiences—including videos, scents, sculpture, and curated percussion instruments. It features six artists including renowned artists and scents created by Master Perfumer Christophe Laudamiel.

Sarah Baker Perfumes Loudo Review (Chris Maurice) 2021+ Childhood Games Draw

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021

In Sarah Baker Perfumes Loudo, her newest creation, Baker tapped master perfumer Chris Maurice (a nom de nez of perfumer Christian Carbonnel) to fashion an oud-centric fragrance inspired by childhood play and, as Baker describes, “how it deeply shapes our ability to understand and use conceptual and abstract thinking.” With its unique marriage of elegant oud and quirky, gourmand undercurrent, Loudo is unexpectedly delicious.