Just like Marty McFly in his souped-up DeLorean time machine from the movie “Back To The Future” there seems to be times in perfumery where it's earlier history makes a revival. During the past few months, we have seen Eau de Cologne make a comebac; some ground -breaking work such as in the Atelier Cologne series of five fragrances (my review …
Recently, my friend- in- fragrance, Wim Janssens and I had a bit of a "duel". Whilst I said Guerlain Habit Rouge is the fragrance of a gentleman, he proclaimed Guerlain Jicky is the scent of a confident man. He is right;I began to ponder 'what is a gentleman? It is a subject that has been on my mind for over …
Linari Acqua Santa is the fifth fragrance from Linari. Mark Buxton, Angelo Di Fume and Notte Bianca; and Egon Oelkers, Eleganza Luminosa and Vista Sul Mare; were the noses behind those initial creations. (I really enjoyed Mr. Buxton’s Notte Bianca; its mix of citrus, absinthe and herbs was wonderful on the skin). Maurice roucel created Acqua Santa.
The manifesto was entitled “I Hate Perfume” and it was a simple list dividing everything I hated about perfume as I generally encountered it from what I thought it could be. I’ve made a few slight changes in it over the years but I’m still surprised at how well it’s held up. Everything I’d written then still applies now 15 years later-Christopher Brosius
Over the past year, the reports of chemicals used in perfume causing everything from lack of concentration at work to breast cancer to lowering a man's sperm count has reached critical mass. In my own research, 1 in 5 Americans have allergies, most often to foods, pets and natural pollen. That is not say that …
Mandy Aftel is an indisputable icon in the world of perfumery, and quite arguably, the Mother of Natural Perfumery…
