We often joke about having to smuggle fragrance into the country via our Paris, london,Milan and New York bound perfumista friends . At the top of our list are mostly French owned perfume companies…Serge Lutens and Le Labo, for example. A former Air France Flight Hostess had four flacons confiscated. What was inside?
The interesting character about Brosius’ distinction relates to just that — a focus and attention to build on a dream of exploring the complexities of the fragrance space, then actually building a place, a personalized retail space to tell that story. What I found compelling about the modeling of this “celebrity perfume” is the nature of it’s antithetical character and vitality of build. Anti-celebrity, so called. Rather than the hazy “image charts” and “marketing briefs” of conventional fragrance houses — Brosius and Cumming worked together, building and exploring: notes on that experience offer a hint of that collaboration
A tour of the French landmark at 31 Rue Cambon is not granted to just anyone. Sergei Borisov was granted this privilege and now dear readers, take a tour of the personal apartments of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, filled with symbolism in every room; including Vanessa Paradis’s “gilded birdcage”
Christopher Chong, of Amouage, has given CaFleureBon an exclusive look at the Amouage, Honour Man and Honour Woman. Before I get to my review Mr. Chong was gracious enough to answer a few questions about Honour Man and Honour Woman and take us Behind the Bottle.
François Hénin and Jovoy offer to two CaFleureBon readers two wonderful gifts: One “Quand ? 50ml, and one very fortunate winner will receive a splendid coffret set of Jovoy “7 Parfums Capitaux WAS IT YOU?
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje is a story of love, war and betrayal (towards relationships and political affiliations). The central characters come from different backgrounds, play very different roles. On a personal note, this novel is on my “100 Books You Must Read Before You Die List”. The movie doesn’t count, so don’t feel it is a substitute for the novel.
