NEW FRAGRANCES REVIEW: “Parfum Mania” Comme des Garcons A New Perfume Eau de Parfum & Idole de Lubin Parfum

As we enter the last few days of 2011 I begin to look back over the year for trends and the things I learned while exploring the new fragrances. One of those things that fall in the latter category, for me, this year is how different an eau de parfum or extrait formulation can allow me to find something entirely new out of the same basic architecture as a lesser concentration. For some reason this year has seemed to prove this to me on a monthly basis. For these final days of 2011 I received two final lessons in what a parfum can do.

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ÇaFleureBon Behind the Bottle: Ophiucus Natural Perfumers Guild Internet Project + “Epione” by Jane Cate Perfume Draw

Epione was the Goddess of Soothing who was married to Asclepius . In astrology, Asclepius became Ophiuchus the Serpent Holder, god of healing and medicine. In fact, the original Hippocratic Oath was actually an invocation “I swear by Apollo the Physician and by Asclepius…” Jane is a children’s mental health care professional as well as a perfumer and her fragrance Epione honors her professions,

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