As a fan of many of the INDEX fragrances including Fresh Cannabis Rose (by nose Jerome Epinette), the discontinued Mukki, Patchouli Pure and Cannabis Santal, which were created when Fresh was an indepedent perfumery, I am ‘”praying” that his “love’ for fragrance and for wife Alina Rothberg, does justice to Elizabeth Gilbert’s inspiring book, and that Eat Pray Love doesn’t turn out to be an ‘Avatar’ or “Matrix” of perfumery
So to celebrate her beautifully designed new website www.aftelier.com, we chose our favorites and one lucky winner will receive them all. Leave a comment on both sites as to how Mandy Aftel has impacted you or about her beautifully designed website, that was nearly a year in the works and you are eligible for the draw
After two years of collaboration with Bertrand Duchaufour, the House has chosen perfumer, Karine Vinchon as the nose for an exploration of the many facets of vetiver
Comparisons between lovers of wine and perfume seem like natural matches. Both sets of aficionados rely on their sense of smell as part of the appreciation of their respective passions.
“Natural aroma chemicals are chemicals.
Synthetic aroma chemicals are also chemicals.
Chemicals are chemicals and the sense of smell and the sense of taste are both chemical senses.
Synthetic versus naturals in perfume is here not the question! In my opinion it’s the huge quantity in the use of Aroma Chemicals in cleaning products, cosmetics, food and medicines.
Vero Kern
The two fragrances created by this team are Composition No. 1 and Composition No. 6. Ms. Cihat has created hand cast ceramic bottles in white for Composition No. and black for Composition No. 6. The stopper is a 22K gold dipped wand that is used to apply these fragrances. Ms. Vega has created two fragrances which embody the colors of the beautiful ceramic containers created by Ms. Cihat. (for the original announcement , list of notes and imagery http://tinyurl.com/25jqh87
