When a parfumista reads about a new perfume, there are always “notes” listed in its description or reviews. However, when you buy the perfume and look at the back of the box, very few ingredients (other than “Parfum/Fragrance” and alcohol) are familiar to most of us.
Cincinnati perfumer Liz Zorn of Soivohle has revamped and relaunched her Studio Collection, adding three new scents to the line: Wild Ginger Chai, Lilas et Narcissus, and Rosa Sur Reuse. I am pleased to have been given the opportunity to sample and review the new fragrances.
Mysterious, ethereal, representative of ancient Oriental customs and myths; fruity and floral yet leathery and musky; Osmanthus is a complex flower worthy of the finest perfumes.
Creative Director of Amouage Christopher Chong wanted Beloved to evoke “the elegance and complexity of the modern woman: strong, empowered, animated, in control.” This was the charge given to perfumer Bernard Ellena.
My mom is not your typical mother. Despite her “gender bending” choices for occupations and style of dress, she has always been rather feminine, as you will read by her choices for fragrances.
