Sometimes a fragrance is so exquisite and uniquely itself that my desire to rush in and write about it comes to a delightful pause and I get to live with the fragrance in a kind of suspended time, waiting to see where it will take me, and that’s exactly how Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena revealed itself.
A Dozen Roses introduces Angel Face, homage to the floribunda rose with its lavender petals.
I have mentioned recently how much the raw materials used in all natural perfumes seem to impart an extra level of complexity to the perfumes which contain them. It seems as if they contain a vitality that those synthesized in a laboratory do not
The complexity of an Amouage fragrance extends beyond its physical structure. Creative Director Christopher Chong is the Sigmund Freud of perfumery as he liquifies the human condition. Amouage has recently introduced two new fragrances, the new special edition Beloved Man and the latest installment to the Library Collection, the soul-stirring Opus VII.
Laurie Erickson has created a sharply delineated experience of her three titular notes along with a mix of woods not in the name
The Arabian Nights collection of oud fragrances for By Kilian has released its fifth and final chapter called Musk Oud. All of these previous Arabian Nights were the product of a single perfumer, Calice Becker, and I expected her to finish the run but to my surprise a new storyteller arrived, Alberto Morillas.
