Alex Law, (aka Masterofstyles on YouTube) the CaFleureBon’s U.K correspondent spends a day with Linda Pilkington, Creative Director of one of Britian’s most renowned perfumeries, Ormonde Jayne, at the Ormonde Jayne boutique on Old Bond Stree
Enfleurage was first used in the 19th century, a technique used for delicate flowers like jasmine, tuberose &frangipani placed on a bed of fat to capture their beauty and many facets. Perfumers Shelley Waddington, Dabney Rose, Elise Pearlstine and Sophia Shuttleworth carry on the centuries old labor of love and precision using both traditional and headspace technology
Angel, Alien and A*Men were specially macerated in cherry wood cognac barrel, oakwood and oak whiskey barrels respectively for the 2013 Liqueur de parfum collection by Thierry Mugler
When I received my sample of Memo Paris Italian Leather I was expecting something decadently plush and soft. Mmes Molloy and Massenet had something else in mind.
The Indult collection is the kind of thing I wish came in a coffret. All four have distinct personalities, even if they have a slightly sweet undercurrent in common, and all four are lovely.
With the Holiday Season just a few weeks away, a great gift idea…Bertrand Duchaufour -signed eight sets of the three Explosions D’Emotions perfume that are currently sold at Barneys New York, Madison Avenue and Los Angeles in a limited edition sure to cause an explosion of emotions
