Last year I was introduced to the scents of Jane Cate, of A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes, who was awarded the title of Rising Star in Natural Perfumery 2011 by CaFleureBon. What I like about Jane’s fragrances is that although they are definitely natural, they are an embodiment of Nature herself.
Details on the exhibit The Art of Scent at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City.
This is going to be a very exciting year. I came through the past few years of global financial crisis very well and am now again ready to begin some new things.
Dr. Ellen Covey, the founder and perfumer of Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes, launches two new fragrances – Ballets Rouges and Salamanca. Both have been over a year in the making
In Oud Shamash M Duchaufour wanted to create a sensual masculine and I thought he succeeded. You might think Oud For Love would be the flip side of that and an intensely floral heart could lead you to believe that was what he was shooting for. As I wore Oud For Love I found it more a study in three acts to see what different sets of notes could bring out from the oud.
Soror is the Latin word for sister. The scientific name for the common violet that grows in many back yards is viola sororia. To me, these perfumes seem like a sisterhood of flowers
