The 19th of May is the day is a day I will never forget. It was a first time I`ve been in Sanctis Sancta – headquarter of Chanel LLC in
Paris suburbs. With a group of beauty editors of Russian fashion magazines I was invited to presentation of new Chanel perfume – №19 Poudre and my private interview with the great Christopher Sheldrake
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s latest set of releases due to be released in the next couple of months have her returning to a botanical framework .All three fragrances show a lot of Ms. Hurwitz’s ability to take something simple and make it something memorable. Ruba’iyat, Vanille Botanique, and The Hand of Buddah are examples of that ability
I don’t like to read press releases, before I did read Mr. Marvelous’s I just read the name and could not surpress thoughts of the Billy Crystal skits on Saturday Night Live. So I peeked and was more confused. I smelled the ghost of the Poete Maudit-Paul Verlaine and a stanza from Claire de Lune.
L’artisan Parfumeur will debut two coffrets from Bertrand Duchaufour, Karine Vichone, Anne Flipo, and Jean la Porte , Why do we have to wait?
Many existing lily fragrances depend on large quantities of Calone or other potentially screechy aromachemicals, in an attempt to express the limpid, watery quality of the lily.
Cartier’s Baiser Vole’ does not, and THAT is unique.
Perfumes are rarely and if ever derived from flowers after which they are named” ~ Joris Karl Huysmans
