Indie Perfumers Maria McElroy of Aroma-M and Alexis of Scent by Alexis sat chewing Bubblicsious Bubblegum while listening to the Runaways one day in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and said, “Hey. This is a great idea for a teen perfume line-
Liz has been working on a new line of oil –based fragrances – alcohol-free, fuss-free, unplugged [to paraphrase the lady], and a full-bodied free-for-all.
FUN.
These are tiny treasures.
Intense.
A little dab’ll do ya.
My experience is that all of the Huitieme Art Parfums fragrances are “linear”. Usually that is a word one doesn’t want associated with their fragrance. In this case I think M. Guillaume will relish this. In many ways all of the fragrances in this line are examples of what phyto-perfumery can be in the most basic sense. I liken it to what a painter must feel like when they hear a new oil color is available. All of a sudden the creative opportunities are widened. Each of these fragrances is meant to show what phyto-perfumery can do.
A ‘perfume created early in my career’, intended to utilize as many best beloved aromas of the finest quality available …
Such was Mandy Aftel’s aspiration for her solid perfume Alchemy.
Artemisia Natural Perfume is an independent perfume house in Oakland California that specializes in using the finest natural elements to create evocative, sophisticated, sometimes quirky, always different perfumes that tell stories on the skin, melding with each wearer’s unique chemistry to subtly change into scents that draw you inward into scent memories and, beyond, into internal dream spaces…. I believe it is the thoughtfulness that went into creating these scents that manages to suggest to the wearer inner questions or perhaps inner reminders of their own uniqueness and a sense of gentle reverence. My particular favorite of the moment is a scent perfect for fall, a warm spicy floral called Havana.
CK ONE became one of the hottest selling mainstream fragrances of the ’90s. But will a whole new generation of iPad toting teens want their parents’ brand on their butts?
