Allegria and Muse are the latest additions to the Fragrant Confections Collection that will launch next month. Overall, the thread of the perfume collection speaks to a modern floral transparency in fragrance, yet each has been directed to stay dynamic and dramatic. This idea plays out well with the two new fragrances.
Editor Valerie Vitale reports on the Sniffapalooza event entitled “Smell Perception & the Neuroscience of Personality”, featuring Dr. Helen Fisher, Dr. Sayed Shamil, and Master Perfumer Matthieu Nardin.
Artemisia was created by Dominique Bouley in 2002 as an homage to Artemisia Gentileschi, a Baroque period painter active in the early 1600’s who was considered second only to Carvaggio.
Rodney Hughes is a former CaFleureBon Natural Fragrance Editorwho grew up in the Deep South and moved to the Big Apple to study Fashion. Being an artisan in America at this time I believe is essential to our relevance on the global stage and to our country’s future
Natural perfumer Irina Adam of Phoenix Botanicals creates fragrances inspired by remembrances of places, journeys and the grandeur of nature. Crafted of 100% natural, and up to 85% or more organic, plant essences in a base of gentle jojoba, her perfumed oils are all compounded by hand in her Brooklyn studio.
Virginie and Antoine Roux of Au Pays de la Fleur D’Oranger have released five perfumes in their Collection Les Inédites: Figue Fruitée, Tubereuse Rosée, Jasmine Révé, Bergamote Boisée, and Lavande Ombrée, composed by perfumer Jean Claude Gigodot.
