Many perfumes attempt to capture the feeling of love. Many, I am sad to say, miss the mark. A relative newcomer Mercedes Ganon and her first release Jus d’Amour does its name justice.
Curious about the scents For Strange Women line, I asked perfumer Jill McKeever to send me some samples. I received three from the Black Forest Solids line, consisting of Fireside Story, Nightshade Garden, and Black Forest Cake plus Winter Kitty.
Mona di Orio may not be with us, but her legacy lives on. Parfums Mona D’Orio will be introducing EAU ABSOLUE a fragrance Mona was working on before her passing November 2011.
July 3, 2011 was the day we first debuted CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery. These have been among our most popular posts; the most fan mail came from readers who thanked us for supporting and spotlighting Artisan perfumery in the US.
Gérald Ghislain debuts three new fragrances in the Edition Rare Collection of Histoires de Parfums (following Petroleum, Ambrarem & Rosam-2011) , Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). The collection is inspired by the famous phrase Julius Caesar proclaimed during an epic battle.
The perfumer Juliet Stewart works with on her Juliet fragrances Lorenzo Dante Ferro enjoyed taking what is a modern floriental Eau de Parfum which is more floral than oriental and switching it up for the Juliet Extrait making it more oriental than floral.
