I think all artists like to look back at the past of their art form and find inspiration. Lately some of our finest indie perfumers have been doing that and creating modern vintage perfumes. Laurie Erickson of Sonoma Scent Studio steps up with her attempt to re-create a bygone past with a modern fragrance in Nostalgie.
My work is not done – there is still so much to do. I think that the more people learn about plants the more they will want to make their own perfume and in the learning they will become more responsible and educated about the environment and realize that ‘nature’ provides
I’m not one to care about the gender of my perfume. This is why I am such a big fan of the fragrance line from Odin New York. They seem to be creating their fragrances with a man as their target audience. This is why I was looking forward to trying the latest release 07 Tanoke.
The number of CaFleureBon’s unique readers (not the amount of visits) as defined by Google Analytics tripled from 2010- 2011. Can you guess how many there were? We have 10 draw prizes (six full bottles) that went unclaimed and two winners can take them all.
There is that moment when a perfumer hits an inflection point and their creativity takes an exponential jump upward. In 2011, one perfumer I believe found herself on that upward trajectory is Charna Ethier of Providence Perfume Company. Thankfully she didn’t keep me waiting long as her first release of 2012, Hindu Honeysuckle, has been my companion for the last two days.
I wanted lush, sultry, sexy, tropical. Coconut Milk seemed to be everywhere, and I adore it – my goal was to capture the lushness of a tropical escape-Sarah Horowitz Thran
