Jane Cate, the perfumer behind A Wing & A Prayer, sent me a sample of her latest creation, Big Sur. I expected a perfume with a heavy dose of conifer. Instead, she has accentuated the more underlying nature of the woods and coastline.
” Barneys New York is closing their Dallas store on March 2nd and this saddens us as we loved our Le Labo counter there and loved our Dallas exclusive, Aldehyde 44, even more”-Le Labo
Dom De Vetta, ex Senior Vice President of Chanel and until recently, the former Global General Manager of Jo Malone Ltd has formed a new fragrance company Shay & Blue which will be launching in March 2013
The brief must be a moment of clarity, it must create the first spark – and it must be compelling. And I imagine perfumers are seeing many boring, uninspiring, me-too briefs. When you work for a brand like L’Artisan Parfmeur, the bar is very high-Nick Seward
In Latin America and Native American cultures, tobacco was viewed as a gift of the gods and if tobacco smoke was exhaled it would carry thoughts and prayers to Heaven. It may be used in place of incense for communication with the spirit world
The new release from Mona di Orio Parfums, in the Les Nombres D’Or collection, called Eau Absolue feels much like Mme di Orio asking us to have fun with her perfume again.
