May’s Spilled Perfume -The Winners
Have you ever wondered what your favorite perfumers did BEFORE they were….your favorite perfumers?
New Fragrance Review: Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena by Ralf Schwieger- Gold, Blue, and Grey
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.
New Niche Fragrance: A Dozen Roses Angel Face “Purple Haze”
A Dozen Roses introduces Angel Face, homage to the floribunda rose with its lavender petals.
Strange Invisible Perfumes Likewise -The Winner
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
New Niche Fragrance Reviews: Amouage Beloved Man & Opus VII- Introspection Through Fragrance
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.
Sonoma Scents Studio Spiced Citrus Vetiver Natural Perfume-The Winner
Laurie Erickson has created a sharply delineated experience of her three titular notes along with a mix of woods not in the name