Anamor released their first fragrance in 2005, All That Matters was a simple fragrance centered around a Tibetan musk discovered on a trip to New York City. Based on the story behind All That Matters it seemed like there would never be another Anamor branded perfume. Then a press release landed in my e-mail announcing a second fragrance from Anamor, You Are.
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.
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.
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.
