The two most recent releases from Bond No. 9 center on NYC’s love of green along with its environmental “smarts” and its celebration of mothers and motherhood.
Throughout my experience in the perfume world, I have grown and learned from the talents of others, and especially from the gifted perfumer, Michel Roudnitska who I had the pleasure of working with.
Bettie Page, who would have been 89 on April 22nd, is an icon of sexuality whose look and legacy has inspired many a budding glamour girl and modern burlesque queen. An aroma that is a fitting accompaniment to lustful imagery is leather. Some might think that leather is a note reserved for masculine fragrances, but it can also be a dominant note in fragrances marketed to women.
I chose to study architecture and specialize in historic preservation. However, my attraction to perfume has always existed and I have always been very connected to my sense of smell, associating smells to places and people. Olfaction is my most acute sense.
Mme Bijaoui has created a fragrant silk scarf for a breezy spring or fall day. A touch of chill to the air really allows the depth of Bijou Romantique to flourish.
For National Library Week Mark Behnke examines the literary spice ships of Dune by Frank Herbert and the fragrant ones represented in Frapin Caravelle Epicee by Jeanne-Marie Faugier.
