Havana by Natural Perfumer Lisa Fong for Artemisia Natural Perfume: Oh, La Paloma!

Artemisia Natural Perfume is an independent perfume house in Oakland California that specializes in using the finest natural elements to create evocative, sophisticated, sometimes quirky, always different perfumes that tell stories on the skin, melding with each wearer’s unique chemistry to subtly change into scents that draw you inward into scent memories and, beyond, into internal dream spaces…. I believe it is the thoughtfulness that went into creating these scents that manages to suggest to the wearer inner questions or perhaps inner reminders of their own uniqueness and a sense of gentle reverence. My particular favorite of the moment is a scent perfect for fall, a warm spicy floral called Havana.

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New Fragrance: Traversée du Bosphore by L’Artisan Parfumeur: “Duchaufour’s Turkish Delight”

Traversée du Bosphore Eau de Parfum will debut in the USA in November, as Master Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour crosses the Bosphorous to Instanbul to compose a fragrance that promises to be addictive…an Orientalist painting come to life. According to the press release, the fragrance was inspired by M. Duchaufour's journey where he observed," men sit around in …

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Odin 04 Petrana: Desert In Bloom

Odin New York City the Soho men’s clothing store entered the fragrance arena earlier this year with three fragrances; 01 Nomad, 02 Owari, and 03 Century. Once any perfume label starts numbering things you know there will be another and just six months after the debut of the original three, number four has arrived. 04 Petrana is the latest and it is named after a version of black iris that blooms in the Jordanian desert.

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