It’s great to be a natural perfumer in America. The spirit of entrepreneurship is very strong; my own last name, which means “God’s jester” in German so I named the company based on the true meaning of my last name
For the tenth Hermessence fragrance Jean-Claude Ellena chose to mix two woods one very familiar in sandalwood and one not so familiar in massoia. Santal Massoia explores all of the nuances around a common chemical component in many perfumes, lactones.
RagnaRostad Ruffner tells us that that the number 11 is the current year, her birthdate, and the number of bottles available….
Eau Monumentale succeeds by going back to the origins of Eau de Cologne as the first thing to hit my nose is a beautiful neroli.
You can imagine how thrilled I was when she asked me to do her online fragrance journey: Sarah was going to custom blend samples for me, based on my answers – There is only the one bottle of this precious elixir in existence in the world.
A first for Symrise: From December 1-4, 2011, the company will present fragrance as part of a botanical artwork exhibit at the Art Basel Miami Beach
