Both Isabey and Carthage survived being lost only to arise again. The Isabey perfumes are being slowly re-created and released and in 2011 we get the third reconstruction L’Ambre de Carthage.
I often say that my earliest perfume memory is seeing my mother’s little black bottle of Joy, and it instilled a love of that fragrance, in me, that my mother nurtured by gifting me with the parfum. I was mentioning that to her not long ago, and she said “You know, it wasn’t me that got you into this perfume thing, it was your FATHER!”
Dimanche means Sunday in French and Ms. Balahoutis went for a bright floral gourmand natural fragrance which evokes a sunny day in the garden
As we entered the fall I heard a rumor that Czech and Speake was going to be adding their first new fragrance since 2003 and it was going to be a vetiver based fragrance. As we moved further into the fall some of the UK based members of the internet forums got a chance to try Vetiver Vert and the verdict was it was good and in some of those early tester’s words it was spectacular.
Jessica September tiptoes down venerably ancient streets under night’s cloak surrounded by heady nocturnal -blooming flowers.
Those opulent blossoms which perfume the daylight hours linger with a ghostly beauty
My favorite sensorial aspect of the holidays is no different as my touchstone scent is gingerbread. I thought I’d build a fragrant Gingerbread House of my favorite five fragrances, four walls and a roof Our draw is from a secret santa.
