Fragrance and Fashion At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week- Alive and Kickin’

September 18, 2010

There are two weeks out of the year where my fragrance hat gets put on the shelf and my fashion hat gets priority. Spring 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York took place over the previous eight days and while my eyes were, mostly, dazzled with the clothes; my nose didn’t stop functioning. In these times where it seems there are concerns about people wearing less fragrance that wasn’t evident inside the velvet ropes of Lincoln Center and the downtown runways.

Santa Maria Novella Peau D’Espagne: Kitten With A Whip

September 17, 2010

Enter Santa Maria Novella’s Peau d’Espagne.
She’s a real stinker.
This I profess with ardent admiration.
But it is not a parfum for the timorous.
It makes your knees knock and your heart race.

The Winner Of Ajne Organic Perfume’s ‘Nectar’ Is…..

September 17, 2010

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The Winner Of The Face Organics Sample Set Is…..

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“Sniff-ets”: Absolutely Kurkdijan “Absolue Pour Le Matin and Le Soir

September 15, 2010September 16, 2010

Fans of Maison Kurkdjian in the USA, have something absolutely to be thrilled about… ABSOLUE POUR LE MATIN and POUR LE SOIR are now available at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, the diptychs to the original colognes debuted during New York Fashion Week. According to master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, they aren’t flankers; they are stand alone eau de parfums that have been reworked, bringing new intensity and sensuality to the line.

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Quinacridone Violet: Start Wearing Purple, Wearing Purple…

September 14, 2010

Quinacridone Violet is a larger-than-life, effervescent explosion of blossom, bud, leaf, fruit underscored with cedar, a kiss of musk and a murmur of incense.It is ebulliently Electric Day-Glo Violet- as in “plugged into a generator “.I say this with great affection for its unapologetically playful nature.