NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Roca Perfums Nuvol di Llimona (Lemon Cloud) “Cooking Up A Fragrance”
In Spain at a Michelin three-star restaurant named El Celler de Can Roca fragrance plays a co-starring role in pastry chef Jordi Roca’s creations. With a dessert called Lemon Distillation he included a fragrance meant to enhance the citrus notes of the dessert. After a number of requests to buy the perfume Sr. Roca has bottled it and under the Roca Perfums label released Nuvol di Llimona (Lemon Cloud).
LIVE BLOG! Elements Showcase New York City January 30 2012- Day 1 Six Scents to FiFi Award
FRAGRANCE REVIEW Mary Greenwell Plum “Scarcity Makes The Heart Grow Fonder?” + 3mL Mini Draw
I just got to try Mary Greenwell Plum. Mary Greenwell Plum was an exclusive release to the House of Fraser in the UK. It was released there in October of 2010. It was described as a “contemporary chypre”. It was the first fragrance by “Award winning makeup artist Mary Greenwell”. It was being composed by Francois Robert of Les Parfums de Rosine fame. It was unobtainable and most everyone that encountered it waxed rhapsodically about this is how it is done. Then in December of 2011 it became available in the US, and to me. Is it the second coming of chypre for the twenty-first century?
The Winners of the Perfume of The Gods Draw
One of the things that first attracted me to the House of Lord’s Jester was that they are all natural perfumes made with no synthetics whatsoever
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Sonoma Scent Studio Nostalgie “Getting Dressed Up Again”
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.