Saint-Eustache Le Dieu Cerf (Ralf Schwieger) 2022 “The Soul Fragrance”

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Saint-Eustache Le Dieu Cerf is a perfume of humanity, since it will be a source of income for the church’s restoration work, its good deeds and its cultural activities: thanks to the “offerings” of those who will buy the fragrance, but also thanks to Mane (supplier of the raw materials), who offered the church the first 1,000 bottles, and Etienne de Swardt of Etat Libre D’Orange, who financed the entire development of this project, “monotheism well macerated in a bottle”, as he underlined during the official launch.

Amouage Honour 43 Woman Review (Alexandra Carlin) 2021+An Exceptional Extrait draw

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Amouage Honour 43 Woman is a bouquet of big white floral notes (jasmine, tuberose and gardenia) bigger and bolder than the original Amouage Honour Woman of 2011

Illuminated Perfume The Green Knight Review (Roxana Villa) 2021 + Otherworldly Green Draw

January 28, 2022January 31, 2022

Roxana Villa’s Illuminated The Green Knight inspires awe and sylvan reverence. She has employed every essential oil, co2 distillate, absolute and tincture imaginable in her pursuit of the larger-than-life Arthurian legend. The result is an exquisite verdant fragrance

Élisire Extrait Noir Review (Pierre Negrin) 2021 + That Old Black Magic Draw

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Élisire Extrait Noir composed by Pierre Negrin in Collaboration with Franck Salzwedelwith its perennial herbs, beaming spices, and inviting woods, conjures up for me images of sunsets above the vast fields of Southern France; they are wintery sunsets, cool in temperature but warm in color, viewed from a large window of a room where a roaring fire is burning.

Intitio Parfums Side Effect Winner

January 26, 2022January 31, 2022

Hedione was originally used by fragrance company Firminich© in the early 1960s as an alternative to jasmine absolute and was first used in perfumery by the great Edmond Roudnitska in 1966 when he created Dior’s Eau Sauvage. Hedione was found to stimulate the limbic areas of the brain in women which are responsible for the release of pheromones. In other words, the scent of Hedione might drive women crazy (perhaps that is the “side effect” and why Intitio Parfums Side Effect is part of the Carnal collection

Amouage Dia Woman Review (Jean-Claude Ellena)+ Rappelle-Toi Barbara Draw

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

Created by the peerless Jean-Claude Ellena, Amouage Dia Woman, little sister to Amouage Gold Woman, is a spirited, soapy-powdery floral with touches of fruit and herbs that has both a timeless quality and an old soul.