1 out of 4 Americans suffer from vacation deprivation. For many of us perfume is travel in a bottle- domestic or international.If you want to fly with me there is a L’Artisan Parfumeur Mon Numero 1 and 10 Sample draw
. Why, pray tell, do I love scent so much?It is the idea that beauty itself has some kind of hold on us, and that the closer we get to this almost nonexistent abstraction of beauty, the more intensely we are bound thoughts such as these, are inspired in me by Olivier Creed’s latest gift to the fragrant world –White Flowers
Batucada transports us to the beaches of Ipanema!
Batucada, created by les nez (French and Brazilian) Karine Vinchon Spehner and Elisabeth Maier Batucada is also a reference to a very popular, sensual dance.
This idea of building brands on the legacy of scent designers — their especial skill — is something that is epitomized in the strategies of Frédéric Malle. (and precedes the glossies and yes even many bloggers). Malle gave his collaborators one caveat. ‘Let’s find a way not to be copied. ”
I was vacationing on Koh Samui island when my dear editor Michelyn asked to me to name the cities I have visited and the scents they evoke. Sydney, Amsterdam, Paris, Moscow, New Delhi, Bangkok, Mumbai, Florence…. All aboard my Diorella scented
magic carpet
Fig centered fragrances have been a category where I have come to really like many of the different riffs on using it successfully. From Olivia Giacobetti’s green fig in Diptyque Philosykos to Isabelle Doyen’s fig tree accord in Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio. Now it is Martine Micallef’s turn for her M. Micallef line as she releases Sous Le Figuier (Under The Fig Tree).
