I have handed out my highest praise for perfumers who work with the finest of materials with unfettered freedom. What M. Vasnier has created here with financial and creative restraints has to be recognized as an equivalent, if not greater, feat of legerdemain
Duriez confessed he is neither a scientist nor a chemist and has little idea of the science behind his scents. He is like a painter unconcerned with the chemistry of cobalt blue or titanium white
I was lucky enough to get my nose on this much-anticipated new release, Dries van Noten par Frederic Malle. Getting to know this fragrance is like getting to know this fashion designer, as I was, admittedly unfamiliar with van Noten’s style.
Royal Vintage and Rose Extreme are both excellent examples of the Parfums M. Micallef brand genetics as each have that inescapable charm and sophistication that Mme Micallef knows how to bottle, seemingly effortlessly.
Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin is the third rose-centric fragrance and while it shares rose as its focal point La Fille de Berlin has more in common with A La Nuit or Muscs Koublai Khan as it takes its central note and overdoses and intensifies it so much it is almost brutal to experience.
I recently received a new book written by John Oehler, called “Aphrodesia”. It is about a young and gifted student perfumer who attempts to recreate the scent of the Queen of Sheba
