Visualizing the Invisible Visual Metaphors of the Scented World In the work of John Singer Sargent, Pierre Bonnard, and Michel Roudnitska Woody Oriental/Oriental Boise (http//www.fragrancesoftheworld.com) Imagine that you are taking a course in painting. After having done landscape and still life paintings, your instructor asks that you …
"Joy never did it for me. My friend Joan Juliet Buck, then the rédactrice en chef of French Vogue — and what’s known in the business as a very good nose — showed me Mille when I was visiting in Paris and said, ‘‘This would be great for you.’’ From the moment I smelled it, …
Ever since Dior Homme has made me a fool for Iris I look forward to every new iteration of an iris centered fragrance. It has been a wonderful exploration from cool iris scents like L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Iris Pallida to light woody iris scents like Prada Infusion d’Iris to rich opulent iris as in Parfums DelRae …
Fragrance is an intimate and personal experience; what is a treasure for one person is sheer and utter disdain to another. Scent can awaken the pleasures of one’s past, but it can as well be a chariot to dreams of reason. When a perfumer sets out to create a new fragrance, I am sure …
As a certified wine snob I’ve spent my share of time in the vineyards of California walking around in the sunshine looking at the clusters of fruit that will eventually become some of my favorite wines. As you walk through the vineyards in the waning days of summer there is a bouquet of natural fragrance …
Every scent tells a story; in its composition, on the skin, the marketing copy, or the perfumer's story. Recently, perfume critic Chandler Burr gave a five minute "op ed" in front of 150 perfumistos. In summation, he did a 90 degree turn, and in a single speech contradicted his well known fascination with "molecule speak". Abruptly, Mr. Burr declared that we should judge a fine …
