Sometimes I wish that I could just recuse myself from judging a scent. Maybe I should just go back to my lab issuing my self-important pronouncements as a molecular Moses You see, the scent that Pardon most reminds me of, doesn’t even smell like Pardon. In truth, their greatest shared value is simply that they’re equally enigmatic.
Perfume is about impermanence; it is about something fleeting, volatile, there-and-not-there. There is also an authentic sparseness – pare things down to their essence, but keep the poetry- Mandy Aftel
It’s 79 degrees today in New York, not quite sweater weather, but time to start transitioning into cold weather scents
Vol de Nuit opens with galbanum. When I smelled it for the first time at Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s studio, it reminded me of swamp. I hated it. the jolt of galbanum makes my nerves tingle & my body get ready to jump at whatever happens.But then there is Margarita’s laughter
Citrine is an amber woody spice fragrance… bright and mysterious.(aptly named as citrine stones range from sunny yellow to deep sienna). All the nuances of the gem are represented in this fragrance
When the source of the patchouli is top-notch I really don’t want much else to interfere with my enjoyment of it. The latest example of a fragrance to get that mix right for me is Christian Dior La Collection Couturier Patchouli Imperial.
