FRAGRANCE REVIEW Tableau de Parfums Miriam “How To Visualize A Vintage Fragrance”
I have been enjoying the number of recent collaborations between artists olfactive and visual. We’ve seen photographs, books, and illustrations inspire excellent fragrance collections in 2011 alone. The only one left out of that mix was moving pictures. That is about to be rectified with the partnership between Perfumer Andy Tauer and Writer/Director Brian Pera.
Mr. Pera is collecting a number of short films under the title of “Woman’s Picture”. Three of these films will have a fragrance designed by Mr. Tauer to accompany them. The first Woman’s Picture to have both film and fragrance is Miriam.
OP ED: The Paradox of Pretty + Beauty Is In the “Nose” Of the Beholder Draw
Pretty…as an adverb,( i.e., ‘pretty tired’, ‘pretty good’) it has become a throat clearing word similar to’ ummm’ or ‘you know’. As an adjective, it has lost its descriptive charm. Pretty is one of those words that is a contradiction. I recently read a review of a new fragrance that gave the impression that ‘pretty’ was an unflattering word
CaFleureBon Behind the Bottle: The Winner of “Sophisticated Lady” 5ml Draw by DSH Perfumes
This is a sophisticated perfume, and although it’s a shared fragrance, it leans towards the feminine…i.e the name Mirabella
New Fragrance: BLCK Denim for Black Friday “Perfume 11” Debuts at Art Basel
Johan Lindeberg will unveil the first fragrance for his BLK DNM label at an event at the The Webster on Dec. 1, during Art Basel. New venues for fragrance …an emerging trend
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Part Two: “Cecile Zarokian [4]-[6]” + Fragrance as Art Draw
illustration [4] Matthieu Appriou We finish the set today with scents [4], [5], and [6]. I now wrap up a joyous project – working my way through six scents and six illustrations, created by perfumer Cécile Zarokian and illustrator Matthieu Appriou. (Part One can be found here). Simply entitled 1 through 6, the fragrances …