The Winner of a Sample Lisa Kirk Revolution from Indiescents
In Revolution, the vetiver melds with birch tar in a distinctly urinous manner.
Someone peeled out in a momentous hurry, and your back has the tire tracks to prove it.
Fragrance Review: Ava Luxe Palisander “Heavenly Handel in a Bottle” + 15ml Flacon EDP Draw
Much like a kaleidoscope or prism, I keep holding Palisander up to the light to examine it more closely, because it spans the tightrope between the sacred and the sensual with such deft, sure footing. Our draw is for a 15ml flacon of
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