CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of DSH Perfumes + American Beauty Draw
As America is the great melting pot we can take inspiration from everywhere in our world to give it voice- Dawn Spencer Hurwitz
NEW FRAGRANCE: Kenzo Flower Tag “Express Yourself”
As a fan of many of Kenzo fragrances, when I get a press release saying there is going to be a big launch behind one of their fragrances I hit the keyboard. Again another Perfumery going for the youth market, as Kenzo Tag is targeted to a younger customer
Jean Claude Ellena “L’Auteur”: Two Books – Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent and The Journal of a Perfumer
Many perfumistas heard the Jean Claude Ellena was writing a book several years ago. I was on a waiting list at Amazon.com for at least a year until I finally took it out of my cart.Well it’s back in!
CaFleureBon Profiles: Ineke Ruhland “From Canada to San Francisco” The Winner
“The San Franscisco Bay Area has a lot of artisans (cheesemakers, winemakers, chocolatiers etc.) and an entrepreneurial spirit. It’s not difficult to find encouragement and support for small businesses”.
CaFleureBon Profiles of American Perfumery: REDRAW Anya McCoy RiverCali
Anya was the first in a series that proflile American perfumers and perfumeries. Ineke Ruehland born in Canada who lives in San Francisco was the second. Next week we have our third. The series reflects the unique entrepeneurial spirit and could easily be called profiles in courage
NEW FRAGRANCE: Parfumerie Generale “Indochine” A Portrait in Sepia + Preview Draw
Pierre Guillaume’s inspiration for the 25th Parfumerie Generale perfume, due to be released in September, is a pair of sepia photographs from 1920 Indochine which depict a cruise on the Mekong River. As I have been wearing Indochine over that last few days it felt like a fragrance which has its own unique patina. M Guillaume chose ingredients from throughout the region as his notes for Indochine.