When Miriam Vareldzis sent me her seven fragrance collection for her new label 40notes Perfume I was reminded of the famous “too many notes” exchange from the movie Amadeus. Ms. Vareldzis uses just the right amount of notes to achieve the right balance in all seven of these perfume oils in her debut collection.
Thank you to Anya for organizing such a brave endeavor. Merci Anya’s Garden, JoAnne Bassett Perfumes, Providence Perfumes, Lord Jester, Bellyflowers, A Wing & a Prayer, Ascent Perfumes, & One Seed Company for your generous support of CaFleureBon and a shout out to our fellow bloggers
I remember when my guess was that Jersey would be a sport cologne and Michelyn hoped for a vanilla. No one thought of lavender, but we were bot half right. Originally Jersey was named Project Bender…
Instead of our Molecular Moses, Neil Sternberg or our CMO (Chief Molecular Officer) Mark Behnke reviewing this book which really could be subtitled (The Trouble with IFRA ). The Little Book of Fagrance is really Ms. Sanchez’s post scripts circa 2011 of the 1800 fragrances reviewed in Perfume A-Z . The draw is the advanced copy
Contributor Claudia Kroyier and Managing Editor Mark Behnke suggested that it did not seem fair for the first responders to do all the heavy lifting for “what’s behind the picture frame” and give away clues for some to copy. So we now add a twist. What are our ten top cities where the blog is widely read?
Senior Editor Ida Meister has been wearing Aftelier Perfumes since they debuted, and was the the first to review Honey Blossom, a FiFi finalist in 2011
