Our journey to the Red Carpet will have to wait , we congratulate Elle.com. But there were two precedents set: one for a finalist in Natural Perfumery and one for three finalists honors for a blog in its first year. Draw courtesy of Mandy Aftel
Our own Sr. Editor Ida Meister was asked by Mandy Aftel personally to review Aftelier Candide and Honey Blossom.
Michelynsuggested that my first article would be not only about where and how fragrance appears in literature, but our mutual admiration for Robert A. Heinlein’s Sci-Fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land. The gift of perfume was chosen signifiying ‘humanity”. You grok?
Fabrice Penot threw down the neroli scented gauntlet, after a year of refusing an interview, he emailed me ”it’s not the answers, it’s the questions”. You are officially challenged to a duel, cheri. READERS CHOICE DRAW AHHHH LE LABO
Dr. Levi was traveling through the American Desert Southwest and they had stopped for the day. As Dr. Levi looked out the window he saw a fast moving storm full of lightning bearing down on them. He ran outside and as he arrived the air was full of turbulence and anticipation of nature’s power. He noticed the smells in the air had become sharper and more vivid. The artist deep inside Dr. Levi paused to remember that for future reference. Upon returning to Italy he decided to use that experience to create two different fragrances, Fulgor and Roboris
Vintage. Green. Adelhydes. The three words that do not exist in my fragrance vocabulary…that is until I found my dream green fragrance Vert Pour Madame by DSH Perfumes.
Pierre Guillaume reminds me of a great Renaissance artist who can create using any palette.The fragrances M Guillaume composes for Laboratorio Olfattivo share the same linear construction that we found in the Huitieme Art Parfums.
