At the opening night cocktail party guests, industry leaders from around the world had the opportunity to enter to win one special 500ml bottle of 100 Flowers created by nose Carlos Benaim. The winner was announced at this morning session of the WWD CEO Summit. The fragrance was won by Sylvan Desjonqueres, President and chief executive officer of Redcats, a PPR company.
Dabney Rose’s all natural perfumes are delicate and charming, always giving me a sense of the divine feminine, a gentle seduction with her softly blended flowers spices and resins. Leave a comment for this post and you are entered to win the fragrance of your choice – either a Leda Perfume Solid or a Windspeed Liquid perfume.
Geza: Phew, this took three hours!
Michelyn: Thanks so much Geza..but uh, its a little racy. I may have to edit it.
Geza: Racy? Really?
Michelyn: Maybe a little. Let’s rock!
when the veil between the worlds
of the living and the dead
is thinnest
it is a time when we honor our ancestors
our beloved dead
and speak their names
into the smoke of burning leaves
On the website Ms. Orbison says about designing Pretty Woman, “It has been a life-long dream of mine to create a fragrance that speaks to women everywhere.” I hate to contradict the lovely and talented Ms. Orbison but she has created a fragrance that speaks to me and last time I checked I wasn’t a woman. In truth what she has created is a beautiful underrated and undiscovered gem appropriate for anyone who loves great fragrance.
The new Montale release Black Musk smells like the love child of Black Aoud and Musk to Musk. This isn’t a bad thing especially if, like me, you like both of the fragrances whose DNA make up Black Musk. In many ways Black Musk is an improvement on each of the originals as it seemingly manages to meld the two into a whole better than the sum of its parts.
