Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Café Noir: Café Soigné
Urbane, witty, never treacly-
Café Noir is a masterful amalgam of spice, resin, blossoms, and darkest java.
Sarah Horowitz Parfums Artisan Collection: Give Me Roots Give Me Wings
Inspired by a beautiful poem recited to Sarah Horowitz by her father when she was a child…Roots and Wings…this beautiful poem gave birth in Sarah’s creative mind to this equally gorgeous trio of scents…Wings, Roots and Belle Route.
1/11/11: Looking Ahead to A Fragrant Year + A SCENTSATIONAL ’11’ PERFUME DRAW
What’s the significance of 1/11/11? Magical? Mystical? We are just a group of nine perfumistas, from NYC to Siberia, looking ahead to a fragrant 2011…each share 11 of our individual hopes, dreams and of course the perfumes. ATT: ‘Fumeheads- 11 scented prizes in this draw!!!!
Preserving Vintage Fragrances as Cultural Icons (or the Trouble with IFRA) in English and Русский текст
UNESCO Committee in Nairobi, Kenia has a list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding (including Turkish Kirkpinar oil wrestling).. Aren’t vintage perfume formulations worthy of the same preservation.
REDRAW:TWO NEW WINNERS OF AFTELIER PERFUMES HONEY BLOSSOM
TWO WINNERS LOST THE CHANCE… NOW WE HAVE TWO NEW WINNERS. Final draw for this Cafleurebon award winning natural fragrance.
Darkly Audacious by Sarah Barton-King: A Decadent Night In Montmartre
The Roaring 20’s, the short era bracketed by World War I and The Great Depression, has proven to be a fertile field for artists and has been a source of inspiration from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to the resurgence of Art Deco in architecture and fashion. Perfume is no different and Sarah Barton-King has used this era as the touchstone for her third fragrance under her The Pink Room label, Darkly Audacious.