The Winner of the Lord Jester ARES EdC
Ares EDC is a light amber with spicy top notes at first; after a while, the scent becomes pure amber. – Adam Gottschalk, Natural Perfumer and member of The Natural Perfumer’s Guild
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Nasomatto Pardon “Pardon the Enigma” + Pardon Me Draw
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.
CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes + Reader’s Choice “Mini” Draw (Includes Parfum Prive)
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
The Winners of Fave Fall Scents: Parfums DelRae Bois de Paradis and 10ml of DSH Pandora
It’s 79 degrees today in New York, not quite sweater weather, but time to start transitioning into cold weather scents
Galbanum and other Strangers: ” The Master and Margarita by Michael Bulgahov” + Vol de Nuit Draw
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
The Winner of 5ml Olivier Durbano Citrine
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