The conclusion to Ca Fleure Bon’s three part series on Pierre Guillaume’s new Huitieme Art Parfums fragrances as I review the remaining four; Ambre Ceruleen, Naiviris, Fareb, and Sucre d’Ebene.
The human nose can get used to anything. And not only get used to it, but develop a strange affection for it, too. To paraphrase Kahlil Gibran, “Who can leave a place where he has felt sorrow… without regret”? Olfaction, that most emotional and nostalgic of senses, can leave impressions upon us which take on a certain preciousness in the fullness of time
Now that the 2010 calendar has begun its final quarter, the editorial team at Ca Fleure Bon is beginning to reacquaint ourselves with our cold-weather favorites. Ida takes no prisoners, Michelyn is craving sophistication, Skye tries to keep summer with her just a bit longer and for Mark…its cashmere, tobacco and spices.
Indie Perfumers Maria McElroy of Aroma-M and Alexis of Scent by Alexis sat chewing Bubblicsious Bubblegum while listening to the Runaways one day in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and said, “Hey. This is a great idea for a teen perfume line-
Liz has been working on a new line of oil –based fragrances – alcohol-free, fuss-free, unplugged [to paraphrase the lady], and a full-bodied free-for-all.
FUN.
These are tiny treasures.
Intense.
A little dab’ll do ya.
My experience is that all of the Huitieme Art Parfums fragrances are “linear”. Usually that is a word one doesn’t want associated with their fragrance. In this case I think M. Guillaume will relish this. In many ways all of the fragrances in this line are examples of what phyto-perfumery can be in the most basic sense. I liken it to what a painter must feel like when they hear a new oil color is available. All of a sudden the creative opportunities are widened. Each of these fragrances is meant to show what phyto-perfumery can do.
