The Winner of Dimanche by Strange Invisible Perfumes Draw
Dimanche means Sunday in French and Ms. Balahoutis went for a bright floral gourmand natural fragrance which evokes a sunny day in the garden
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Czech & Speake Vetiver Vert “For A Green Man”
As we entered the fall I heard a rumor that Czech and Speake was going to be adding their first new fragrance since 2003 and it was going to be a vetiver based fragrance. As we moved further into the fall some of the UK based members of the internet forums got a chance to try Vetiver Vert and the verdict was it was good and in some of those early tester’s words it was spectacular.
The Winner of the Narcotic Flowers Draw
Jessica September tiptoes down venerably ancient streets under night’s cloak surrounded by heady nocturnal -blooming flowers.
Those opulent blossoms which perfume the daylight hours linger with a ghostly beauty
My Favorite Gingerbread Fragrances + Secret Scent-a-Claus Draw
My favorite sensorial aspect of the holidays is no different as my touchstone scent is gingerbread. I thought I’d build a fragrant Gingerbread House of my favorite five fragrances, four walls and a roof Our draw is from a secret santa.
The Two Winners of CaFleureBon Behind the Bottle Making Scents of Art Basel 2011
We began the project with our medtiation’s on gardens in a historic and mythical sense. Gardens have long symbolized notions of luxury, status/privilege, freedom, sexuality, and fertility. Centered around this brief the Standard Spa Miami was asked to fill out a perfume profile envisioning what type of garden would best represent the property
CaFleureBon Green X-Mas 2011: ‘Twas The Night Before Natural Perfumers’ Christmas
It seems every holiday season I am somehow compelled to edit “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”, by Clement Clarke Moore, into something amusing, I hope. For 2011 I am imagining a fine smelling house crammed full of Natural Perfumers on Christmas Eve. The Christmas tree above is our own Editor Tama Blough’s complete with natural goodies and soy milk for Scent-a Claus.