When my samples of Olympic Orchids arrived, I was excited. Having never smelled more than one of Ellen Covey’s perfumes, I was excited to get to know her line; Fleurs de Glace and Olympic Amber stood out.
A society taking no risk is a society that could one day disappear. Because of IFRA and its strong regulations, we, perfumers, must continuously check if our perfumes are still correct according to their standards and more and more often, we need to reformulate the perfumes. As far as I know, perfume never killed anyone -Patricia de Nicolai
Persephenie Lea of Persephenie has sourced five painstakingly made attars that use a vetiver oil base in lieu of the traditonal, but scarce, sandalwood oil. They are Hina, Parijata, Blue Lotus, Kewda, and Tuberose, available now on Beautyhabit.com.
Penhaligon’s is joining forces with Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchoff for their first fragrance. Master perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour immersed himself in the fashionable world of the designers’ East London studio to create Tralala , an opulent perfume that evokes glamour and whimsy
I met Dom de Vetta at Shay & Blue’s London Boutique located at 80 York Street, Old Marylebone. It was there that I discovered Oud Alif, which I named on of the top ten fragrances of 2013. Too greedy and smoldering to be a scent for a proper British Gent …more James Moriarty of Sherlock than Mr. Bates of Downton Abbey
Since music has always been a part of my life, naturally I love listening to all sorts of things while working in my studio. Coming from a gothic youth, my roots go back to darkwave bands like The Cure
