The Winner of Caron Secret Oud “Unusual Beauty Draw”
Caron Secret Oud is about The Secret, rather than The Oud. It is really about the stealth of seamlessness.
CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Miriam Vareldiz —The Winner of the Frank Lloyd Wright Draw
I love art and design. It’s a tough question for me to choose a favorite artist/designer, but one American stands out for me for me—Frank Lloyd Wright. Although his architecture is legendary and iconic, it’s his textiles, tiles, stained-glass, and Interiors detail work that inspire me more
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.
The Winner of the Harvey Prince Look Younger, Attract Men and Lose Weight Draw
The new Holiday Gift Set from Harvey Prince goes that one better as they attribute the ability to help with weight loss, attract men, and to appear younger. All of these are supported by scant real data but the studies do exist, performed at The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation (STTRF)
SNIFFETS: Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Coming to a U.S. City Near You in 2012 + Perfumistas’ Paradise Draw
Malle is thinking about opening his own stores in Los Angeles and Florida, but he’s not sold on big cities. “I believe it’s nice to open where people don’t expect you to open,” he said. “For instance, I don’t have a store in London, which would be a natural, but I could have a store in East Hampton or in Marfa [Tex
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,