Designated Driver: Booze Inspired Fragrances- The Winners
New Year’s Eve is our night to usher out old, tired 2013 and welcome a fresh new year. Perfume for the Designated Driver
New Niche Perfume Review: Atelier Cologne Cedrat Envirant + The French 75 Cocktail Draw
For Atelier Cologne Cedrat Envirant, perfumer Ralf Schwieger manages to capture the fizz around a potent lemon core that is emblematic of the French 75 cocktail that inspired it.
A Wing & A Prayer Skydancer Perfume – The Winner
Just as Houyi now balances Chang’e in the heavens, SkyDancer truly completes Chang’e on a material and olfactory level. Having a great passion for layering fragrances, Ms. Cate was looking for the perfect counterpoint for osmanthus without overpowering it. She finally decided upon saffron.
New Natural Fragrance Review: House of Matriarch Bohemian Black + Gypsy Magick Draw
For House of Matriarch, , Christi Meshell, handcrafted limoncello spirits, brewed her own Strega liqueur and combined three different choyas as she channeled Stevi Nicks and Fleetwood Mac’s Gypsy into Bohemian Black
New Niche Perfume: Roja Dove Parfums NÜWA (Imperial Collection) The Goddess of Fragrance & Fortune
Roja Dove’s Imperial Collection pays homage to empires. Roja Dove Parfum’s’s Diaghilev, which was inspired by the Ballet Rousse, and now NÜWA debuts as the second perfume in the collection devoted to legends
New Niche Perfume Review: Aftelier Perfumes Cuir de Gardenia – The Most Opulent Flower + Sample Draw
Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes has taken a rare tiare gardenia absolute and created an evocative and beautiful natural fragrance.