People in business are always afraid of taking chances, but I say that at some point, someone has to be brave enough to try something new. To be frank, I’m a little embarrassed to [be] part of the “celebrity scent” category, because it all reeks (pardon the pun) of sacrifice of quality for profit.-Dita Von Teese
When it comes to Far NWest just like Goldilocks he found the one that was ‘just right” on the third try which captures the forest milieu he wanted to produce. Far NWest is one of the most technically difficult perfumes to produce because of the mercaptans
I gave over the back of my hand to the one I liked best Stephane Humbert Lucas 777 Khol de Bahrein. For the entire trip home to the US, that day, Khol de Bahrein was a fantastic passenger who kept me delighted and wanting more.
The 2013 release is called Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille sur la Route du Mexique, and that sure seems like a made-up name but the reality of the fragrance is far from frivolous.
In Part 2, Douglas Bender continues our virtual tour of the FIT Exhibit. From the The Post War right wing reactionaries when after pre war tolerance. Fragrances began to be aggressively marketing by gender. 1969 brought the Stonewall riot. Part 2 concludes with onset of the AIDS crisis, the power of the t shirt as a billboard and a watershed time for the LBTGQ community
Alexandra Balahoutis the founder and perfumer of the uber luxe100 percent botanical brand is offering an early Christmas present for CaFleureBon Readers. Log on to www.siperfumes.com to experience the new site
