My resulting and enduring infatuation with all things chypre.And as I talked Sarah Horowitz Thran began to pull down little bottle after little bottle: clove, cinnamon leaf, cedar, labdanum, musk, patchouli, sage, pine cone, rose, oakmoss, vetiver, civet, vanilla, frankincense…
For this launch, the bottle sheds its initial 250 ml format and adopts the 100 ml travel size allowed in the plane cabin. On the front, we see the number that corresponds to the journey, 04 for London. On the back, Serge Mansau drew a sketch, engraved in platinum that traces out the emblematic spot of the city.
What smells like heaven on you often ends up in someone else’s ’re-gift’ pile, I rarely recommend giving the gift of perfume or cologne for the holidays. Does anyone really need 12 bottles of their favorite fragrance under the tree?
Once again we have what I reluctantly call ‘spilt perfume’. I use the term for the winners of fragrance draws, (all with deadlines) that don’t use our Rss feature , follow us daily or know that we announce our Draw Winners on FaceBook
When a perfumer uses high-quality ingredients there is a better than average chance for something very good to result. For the new Penhaligon’s Juniper Sling the fragrant mixologist called upon to create this new perfume is Olivier Cresp. M Cresp was tasked to pay homage to London Dry Gin and the early going of Juniper Sling is all about serving that up straight out of a cocktail shaker.
Mme Michaud attempted to create that trip from the winter woods of Montreal to the Old World sophistication of Paris. That means the balsamic beginning transitions through an airborne floral heart to a resinous musky landing
