Penhaligon’s Sartorial & L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversee du Bosphore: Two Examples of Duchaufour’s Duality

It had never occurred to me that M. Duchaufour worked with a central duality with which he then adds in the rest. His fragrances like L’Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu always seemed like olfactory travelogues capturing a place. In the two latest releases by M. Duchaufour, Penhaligon’s Sartorial and L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversee du Bosphore, it is very clear what the central duality at play is and both of these are good examples of M. Duchaufour’s duality design aesthetic.

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Ineke Gilded Lily: To Frame The Lily

I have been looking forward to trying Ineke Ruhland’s seventh fragrance, Ineke Gilded Lily, since she told me about it last April. Ms. Ruhland chose to create a fruity chypre with a heart consisting of the Japanese Goldband Lily. One of the things that I am impressed with time and again is the dedication of the best artisanal perfumers and Ms. Ruhland is one of those. To truly understand the Goldband Lily Ms. Ruhland planted some in her Bay Area garden and took the time to experience the Goldband Lily as a living thing before converting it to an accord.

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“Rock the Casbah” Interview with Bertrand Duchaufour: The Winner of Our Draw for L’Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu

“Timbuktu is probably the first true masterpiece of what, by analogy with nouvelle cuisine, I would call nouvelle parfumerie”… characterized by complete transparency, an unusually high proportion of high-quality naturals… vetiver, sandalwood, and incense that seems quiet until you realize that, like modern sound systems that can pipe music into every room, one spritz fills a house with an odd, distinctly perceptible, but almost infrared shimmer of woody freshness.” The winner is

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