Ode to Shalimar I praise the abrupt beauty of your inception; how the strident scents of citrus are flung upon the breath like the peal of bells upon the breeze. I praise their dissolution as jasmine, rose, and iris rise to thread tremolos through dark vanilla strains. I praise …
From time to time, friends- in- fragrance send me articles of interest that spark ideas questions or validate my own thoughts on scent and how we interpret our world through its language. Ca Fleure Bon will devote a column, “Excerpts”, to these thought provoking features and research studies. Hernando Courtright sent me an article that appeared in today’s New York Post,written by Sabrina …
For his latest fragrant endeavor he has created the first fragrance in The Beautiful Mind Series: Intelligence & Beauty. Instead of looking to the latest “no brain all physical beauty” celebrity as inspiration, he chose Christiane Stenger who at the age of 12 became a Grandmaster of Memory
Amber is one of my favorite notes in all of perfumery. I love the way it can have an almost medicinal edgy feel to it as in Montale Blue Amber; or that it can be as soft and warm as a cashmere sweater as in Jean-Claude Ellena’s Heremessence Ambre Narguile. One thing all of the …
If nose Geza Schoen asked my opinion as to which woman should be the next muse for his Beautiful Mind perfume series, it would be Liz Zorn. Fiercely “independent”, one of the few noses that creates both natural and perfumes that use synthetics. Liz composes her fine fragrances in her mind first, and I am reminded of the quote by Michelangelo, ” I saw the …
Jean-Claude Ellena is one of the most glittering stars in the perfume firmament. He has created a signature style that is almost instantly recognizable. There have been creations by other perfumers which have been complimented by being termed “Ellena-like”. What I mean when I use that kind of terminology is a use of a …
