Love of fragrance binds many of us together but as human beings, it is romantic love that we seek. In 1916, an Italian artist and an Italian princess exhanged love letters published in a book titled “Una Parentesi Luminosa” (A Luminous Parenthesis). The book consists of 19 letters written between Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni and Princess of Teano, …
As Rossy de Palma before her, the choice of Ms. Swinton is a good fit with Etat Libre D’Orange. Owner Etienne de Swardt brought in perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui in to help shape Ms. Swinton’s vision into a fragrance. Her inspiration for the fragrance comes from the love sonnet “Like This”, by Sufi poet Rumi…If anyone wants to know what “spirit” is,
Or what “God’s fragrance” means,
Lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.
Like This.
Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia is the new fragrance for Fall 2010, inspired by one of the last great English Romantic poets, John Keats, and one of the most perfect short poems in English literature – ‘To Autumn’ – the fleeting moment of “mists and mellow fruitfulness” when the last days of summer are edged with fresh, …
An olfactive laboratory is where you imagine the mad scientists of perfumery performing alchemy; mixing potent concoctions of raw materials in beakers, dressed in white lab coats. Perhaps there is an explosion or two. In my mind’s eye I see frenetic perfumers, with gleaming eyes, adding a pinch of ambergris, a dollop of rose absolue, a soupcon of …
One whiff of Ajne Perfumes new organic perfume Sublime, which will be on sale next month, will transport you to a white sandy beach, icy mojito in hand with a balmy summer breeze lightly caressing your skin. Sublime touches your senses with a fresh trio of tropical limes from some of the world’s most exotic …
My first Duchaufour was the original Jo Malone's Grapefruit; yes, that is right… he composed it in the early 1990s. It is much changed from the original, which never smelled like grapefruit, but what the idea of grapefruit could be. But it showed that even 12 years ago, Bertrand could have his way with any ingredient and turn it upside its …
