“A perfumer’s fame and popularity are not important to me. Actually, I avoid them if I could. In my creations, it is important to remove my and the perfumer’s egos from the fragrance. It is about working together as a team and partnership in which our beliefs and styles melt together.” -Christopher Chong, Amouage
The trajectory that led a Ph.D. biologist to a café in St. Germain where a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology sits and “Voila!” like a coup de foudre (lightning bolt) romance blooms. This story, this history of love, is told in three special fragrances created by perfumer Dorothee Piot; Jul et Mad Stilettos on Lex, Terasse a St. Germain and Amour de Palazzo.
Liz Zorn’s stunning Soivohle Absolutes, “Tobacco and Tulle” has the ostensible innocence of tuberose hiding a rich, raw tobacco note, like a cheerleader hiding a cigarette. With its musky animalic undertones, one must also wonder what this girl was doing behind the bleachers.
It was last July when I learned the Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2012 and New York Comic-Con were going to share the same weekend. Inside my head I’m yelling “KAAAAARENS!” the way Kirk yelled “KHAAAAN!” in Star Trek II. I managed to experience both on a genre bending weekend I called ComicSniffaConPalooza.
Perfumery for me is not only the synthesis of the rational and intuitive mind but a total engagement of the body.
It took four years but the NEST Fine Fragrance Collection has arrived with three fragrances; Passiflora, Amazon Lily, and Midnight Fleur. Passiflora and Amazon Lily were signed by Christophe Laudamiel and Midnight Fleur by Jerome Epinette.
