Kenzo Homme Woody/Boisee’: When It Isn’t All About Wood

If Tania Sanchez is correct the smell that drives men wild is bacon. If the department store fragrance counters are any indication the smell that many perfumers think drive women wild is wood. Because of this tsunami of terpenes hearing there was another woody fragrance on the way was not news. I received the announcement of Kenzo Homme Woody/Boisee’ with a little more anticipation because Olivier Polge was the perfumer behind it and he had made one of the best men’s florals of 2008 in Kenzo Power. Kenzo Homme Woody/Boisee’ succeeds where so many other flankers and woody fragrances have failed previously because of two very simple reasons. First, even though this is a flanker it bears little similarity to the previous fragrance for which it shares its name. Second, even though it says woody on the label it doesn’t have to be an unrelenting parade of wood

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Interview With Botanical Couture Perfumer JoAnne Bassett: Of Enfleurage And Renoir

JoAnne Bassett is a Fragrance Therapist, Botanical Couture Perfumer,
teacher, speaker, and author.
For 20 years she has been a spiritual alchemist and botanical expert
tapping into flowers and plants to utilize the creative power to impact lives.
JoAnne’s French royal heritage and the perfumers in her ancestry passed the
gift of perfumery to her. Her multi-dimensional fragrance collections are designed to align, shift, and enhance mood, spirit, and well being.

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Sarah Horowitz Parfums May Deep: Is It Fall Yet?

Sarah Horowitz-Thran has been one of the earliest independent perfumers as she has been producing fragrances since 1997, beginning with her “Perfect Perfumes” series. Ms. Horowitz-Thran has used this series to explore simple combinations of a few notes to create undiscovered complexities.
Earlier this year I was hearing about a new fragrance from Ms. Horowitz-Thran called “May Deep” which was meant to be a “smoky, mysterious, unisex blend” as with her fragrances her encomium of words does not do justice to this fragrance.

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