REDRAW Atelier Cologne Winner “Compassionate Cologne”
For those who have dealt with the tornadoes and destruction in American’s heartland, we dedicate this redraw to you.
A Celebrity Fragrance That Might Make Scents: Steve McQueen the King of Kool
As we swim in the sea of celebrity scents, in “the windmills of my mind”, I hope “Steve mcQueen wins my affection.
“Buddha’s Nose Anya McCoy of Anya’s Garden”: The Winner of Temple + Blue Lotus Absolue
Lotu is the flower of The Buddha. The blue water lily, Nymphaea caerulea, which is called the Blue Lotus has been recognized from ancient times as a flower that has powers of altering the wearer in the kindest and most soporific of ways.
New Fragrance: Jovoy Quand? + Jovoy’s “Olfactive Universe Draw” (WOW!!!! $550)
Resurrecting the legacy of Houses of perfumery past. The sleeper in ‘everything old is new again’ perfumery, and one of our personal favorites, is Jovoy Paris
A Tree Grows in Japan: “Tree House Candle” By Byredo
The new candle Tree House was created for Byredo’s Japanese launch at specialty store Adam et Ropé Biotop, Tokyo
ÇaFleureBon Behind The Bottle with Dawn Spencer Hurwitz: “Going to Extremes” + Bancha Extreme Draw
One of my favorite fragrances of 2010 was Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s Bancha it grabbed me from first sniff. When I saw Ms. Hurwitz in at Fall Ball 2010, I asked her about making an extreme version of Bancha. She did. It is 100% natural and botanical as was the original.