The Mystery of Musk: Charna Ethier Providence Perfumes Musk Nouveau * les vices de ma jeunesse à Paris*

July 6, 2010July 6, 2010

As in the words of Jean Claude Ellena, “A perfume must tell a story on the skin”. With eleven of the twelve submissions in, and having sniffed each one, I chose to write about the Mystery of Musk fragrance that told MY story…. Charna Ethier’s Musk Nouveau. The fragrance truly reminds me of the vices of my youth;a flashback to Paris of the early 1980s. Nous rencontrons l’auteur quand elle vivait à Paris

ÇaFleureBon Mystery of Musk Behind the Bottle: Ambrosia Jones of Perfume by Nature on ‘Craving’

July 5, 2010April 21, 2019

I asked Ambrosia Jones of Perfume by Nature to give us a peek into her creative process as she developed Craving for the Natural Perfumer’s Guild Mystery of Musk Project.
“Musk to me has always been about craving…it is about longing and animal passion….real, animal, natural….which is why “Craving” had to contain real scents, notes that reminded me of things I loved and craved myself….I didn’t want to create a clever perfume, I wanted to create a scent that made people feel passionate…It’s about smells I love, smells that make me feel happy, sexy, satiated….”

The Mystery of Musk Verdigris by Elise Pearlstine of BellyFlowers Perfume The Perfumer’s Walk

July 4, 2010July 6, 2010

Elise Pearlstine’s Verdigris is dirty, it is green, it is as rich and sexy as it was meant to be. The fir balsam, the clary sage and green mandarin greets the nose with a rainbow of bright flavors, the complexity and depth of the natural plant essences matched equally with the animalic drydown.
its as if Eve was indeed approaching Adam in the Garden and I… the voyeur…

Mystery of Musk: Sharini Parfums Naturels Graines de Paradis – Agrestic Bliss

July 4, 2010July 4, 2010

From first sniff, the quality of materials was apparent, as if no expense had been spared. This was clearly NOT going to be a timorous, powdery musk. If the submission of Graines de Paradis by Sharini is a portent of things to come, the future of natural perfumery looks pretty damn sweet. Its the real thing!

ÇaFleureBon Behind The Bottle: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s Mystery Of Musk Journey

July 4, 2010April 21, 2019

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has created fragrant jazz with her work on The Mystery Of Musk project and it is beautiful music of the most fragrant kind.
If you would like to take the same journey I’ve described for yourself, all of these versions are available on Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s website (https://www.dshperfumes.com/ ) in 30% perfume concentrations. I found all of them to have excellent longevity and modest sillage

Mystery of Musk: “La Bacchanale”- Dionysus by Adam Gottschalk of Lord Jester

July 3, 2010July 4, 2010

The perfumer Adam Gottschalk has developed this fragrance very close to the true nature of ancient wines. it is smooth and sexy in its subtlety with a really nice staying power. Dionysius lingers on the skin like the afterglow of a night filled with passion.