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As I mentioned in my review of Mandy Aftel’s Aftelier Sepia it was the result of one of the more interesting internet projects hosted on NathanBranch.com and called “Letters To A Fellow Perfumer”. What was so compelling about this written intercourse was two talented independent perfumers talking openly about their path from concept to juice in a bottle. Laurie Erickson’s finished perfume is called Forest Walk.
This collection was released late in 2011 exclusively in the Middle East; only now is it getting a wider distribution. They all come in beautiful deep purple flacons and they all share a similar intensity with the juice contained within.
True Blood (an HBO series based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris) takes this one step further. Vampires have come “out of the coffin” and for the last four seasons have had many of us rapt in front of our televisions on Sunday summer nights. As I watch the show, I often imagine what scents these intriguing characters would wear.
Rose Etoile de Hollande is the culmination of Mona’s study of a special rose that climbed the walls of Maison Sainte Blanche in Cabris, France. Ms. Di Orio composed the fragrance before her untimely passing
Series 4 , A Divine Narrative is a collaboration between six artists and six perfumers. Each perfume is a fictional charachter imagined by the designers and explores the dynamic between designer and muse.
