My aunt, who was the perfumista in the family, wore the glorious green chypre Carven Ma Griffe. 66 years after Ma Griffe’s creation, The House of Carven is staging its comeback in the world of fragrance,and hired Francis Kurkdjian to compose Carven Le Parfum
Her partner Jeroen Oude Songtoen, said this of Eau Absolue; “It’s indeed other than what Mona launched till now, but for me this is the Mona pure and almost private.. Mona loved splashes.. eau fraiche as she called it.. being from the Mediterranean she was fond of citrus fruits and spices from that area
Ellen Covey’s Cafe V is a spicy coffee fragrance and a homage to Seattle’s neighborhood cafes. From the first inhale, Olga Rowe connects Cafe V to Bob Dylan and his famous song One More Cup of Coffee
After two years of working in the light; La Fille de Berlin returns Messrs. Lutens and Sheldrake back to a dark night where beauty arises out of brutality.
I met the majordomo of Jovoy, Francois Henin, and as we talked he told me to experience the two newest additions, Rouge Assassin and Les Jeux sont Faits. I found both to be excellent neo-vintage perfumes.
Liliana is more the scent of that joyful, hopeful and vivacious flapper attitude and its lust for life that
