The Winner of Zibeline de Weil Sample
Zibeline is an inebriating cocoon, a talismanic perfumed intoxicant.
It is very much old-school in the finest manner- by this, I mean that no expense had been spared in its creation.
Money was no object.
CaFleureBon The Natural Perfumers Internet Project: Oephiucus + The 13th Sign Draw
Natural Perfumers Guild Sr. Perfumers Adam Gottschalk, Anya McCoy, Christie Mashell, Elise Pearlstine and JoAnne Bassett create natural fragrances for the 13th sign aka Ophiuchus; EIC Michelyn Camen is an “Ophiuscus”. Astrology or Astronomy?
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Thirdman Eau Monumentale “The Mystery Of Cologne” + Who Is Thirdman Draw
then the next day I wore my classic Roger & Gallet Jean Marie Farina and when I wear a classic Eau de Cologne I go crazy with application and spray it everywhere. I began to think that maybe I needed to give Eau Monumentale another chance but this time applying it with more than one spray. So out of the fragrant Recycle Bin Eau Monumental came and much spritzing later a very different opinion on this fragrance.
The Day After Black Friday Ends…Like This
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