The winner of the sample of Soivohle Moroccan Orange generously donated by our Senior Editor Ida Meister is: Isa Please e-mail me at Markbehnke@cafleurebon.com with your contact information and I will pass it along to Ida. Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. -Mark Behnke, Managing Editor
If Tania Sanchez is correct the smell that drives men wild is bacon. If the department store fragrance counters are any indication the smell that many perfumers think drive women wild is wood. Because of this tsunami of terpenes hearing there was another woody fragrance on the way was not news. I received the announcement of Kenzo Homme Woody/Boisee’ with a little more anticipation because Olivier Polge was the perfumer behind it and he had made one of the best men’s florals of 2008 in Kenzo Power. Kenzo Homme Woody/Boisee’ succeeds where so many other flankers and woody fragrances have failed previously because of two very simple reasons. First, even though this is a flanker it bears little similarity to the previous fragrance for which it shares its name. Second, even though it says woody on the label it doesn’t have to be an unrelenting parade of wood
JoAnne Bassett is a Fragrance Therapist, Botanical Couture Perfumer,
teacher, speaker, and author.
For 20 years she has been a spiritual alchemist and botanical expert
tapping into flowers and plants to utilize the creative power to impact lives.
JoAnne’s French royal heritage and the perfumers in her ancestry passed the
gift of perfumery to her. Her multi-dimensional fragrance collections are designed to align, shift, and enhance mood, spirit, and well being.
Sunny, ebulliently good-natured- like a windblown child in a summer field, with nary a care in the world.
This is how I feel when I wear Liz Zorn’s Moroccan Orange edp.
Like Katrina and the Waves,
I’m walking on sunshine, and don’t it feel good.
The winner of the bottle of Sasha Varon Soulgasm, so generously donated by Sasha Varon is: Sonsa Rae Please contact me at Markbehnke@cafleurebon.com with your contact information. Thanks to all who commented and shared their Soulgasms. -Mark Behnke, Managing Editor
Sarah Horowitz-Thran has been one of the earliest independent perfumers as she has been producing fragrances since 1997, beginning with her “Perfect Perfumes” series. Ms. Horowitz-Thran has used this series to explore simple combinations of a few notes to create undiscovered complexities.
Earlier this year I was hearing about a new fragrance from Ms. Horowitz-Thran called “May Deep” which was meant to be a “smoky, mysterious, unisex blend” as with her fragrances her encomium of words does not do justice to this fragrance.
