Amongst the 7 finalists for Hall of Fame women are Maurice Roucel and Francis Kurkdjian, friends of CaFleurebon. Leave them a comment to root on 24 Fauborg Hermes and JPG Le Male (remember 24 fauborg took 15 years to create)
What is Sniffapalooza ? It’s the world’s largest scent event founded by Karen Dubin and Karen Kovel Adams where fragrance newbies and aficionados gather to meet, greet and eat with the movers and shakers in the world of fragrance!!!
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
