Winner of the Aftelier Perfume Draw/ REWIND: Mandy Aftel and Me + Tango, Cepes et Tuberose, Pink Lotus and Shiso

Thanks to everyone who participated in the draw for these four beautiful Aftelier fragrances and joining us in celebrating the relaunch of www.aftelier.com. Your insights and comments were all so thoughtful and moving. I spoke with Mandy personally, and she was so honored by all of your heartfelt entries. CaFleureBon picked each mini carefully. They were chosen because they represented, four very different artstic interpretations of Mandy Aftel’s body of work. And the winner is:

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NEW FRAGRANCE: Eat, Pray, Love By Fresh

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

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