Sweet resins from Peru, fine French cognac and a leopard on the rug, Ormonde Jayne Tolu (2002) is a perfume that pulls you in and won’t let go.
WayneThibeaud painting© 1962 The House of Montale launched several new fragrances this year. Montale Vanilla Cake was the one that captured our attention. In cuisne, I don’t love vanilla foods nor cake, but I do wear many gourmands;most feature vanilla prominently. When I first heard about Montale Vanilla Cake, I couldn’t help but associate the name with …
Roja Parfums Diaghilev is built on a similar chypre structure as Guerlain’s 1919 Mitsouko but Master Perfumer Roja Dove puts his own signature on the perfume.
The word flappers was coined in Great Britain! The roaring 20s and bright young things who danced the night away, inspired Floris London 1927
Romano Ricci of Juliette Has A Gun Sunny Side Up Jamie Cullen© I always expect the unexpected from perfumer Romano Ricci of Juliette Has a Gun, who began his niche fragrance line in 2006. Last year he composed a fantastic fragrance that simply flew under my radar: Juliette Has A Gun Sunny Side Up. His idea …
Photo by Sebastian In our Best of Scent Awards 2016 I chose Nicolas Chabot as the best creative director of the year. (for those who don’t know, Nicolas revived Le Galion in 2014, a house that is famous for Sortilege by Paul Vacher). Two years later he debuted AETHER Parfums an all synthetic line of excellent fragrances. Such …
