Movies are one of our greatest forms of story telling time to give perfumes in Academy award nominated and winning films their ‘props’. Grace Kelly Hitchcock Rear Window (1954) declares, “A woman going anywhere but the hospital would always take perfume.. enter our OscarSpotlight MiNNewYork ‘Butterfield 8’ Caron Tabac Blond draw
This fragrance wears like a second skin.Sombre Negra will awaken distant memories and will put you into a state of wonderment. The video “Anatomy of Change” for Thierry Mugler featuring music by Lady Gaga hits the mark.
Hilde Soliani’s latest creation Conaffetto is another example of her skill at coaxing the unexpected out of three notes. Conaffetto was created for the wedding day of a close friend of Sig.ra Soliani. The ingredients in confetti candy, almond and sugar, are two of the three ingredients Sig.ra Soliani uses in Conaffetto. The third ingredient is orange blossom. This seems perfect for a wedding day fragrance.
A good friend of mine once told me that all PG perfumes could be described as two separate groups: “Pierre Dreams of Happiness” and “Pierre Dreams of Sweets”. Seems like Praline de Santal unites those groups into one big “Sweet Dream”.
Until I came to write this piece, I was under the mistaken impression that Jasmal was created as a wedding scent for Grace Kelly.Creed Jasmal was created for Natalie Wood.
Cocoa Tuberose.
The name alone conjures images of conjugal relations between the dark and the divine, no?
Earthy, heady, dangerous.
