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.
A fragrance devoid of complacency and ordinary prettiness.
An extraordinary perfume for woman endowed with curves, great strength of character, and larger-than-life sensibilities and appetites.
Scandal started it all.
My pulse quickens today, just as it did over 50 years ago.
About the actual perfume called Soulgasm. Certainly a perfume is always about your personal vibe of the moment, how it resonates with your chemistry, mood, hormones, the desired “message” one wants to give out. If you like a sweet fruity floral *pop* with a sexy vanillic musky ambery base I say try it! I did and it is fun, lively and joyful.
Early in the song “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”, Meat Loaf sings this line, “and we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife”. I’ve always found that to be a wonderfully descriptive phrase of both the simultaneously brilliant shine of the razor-sharp edge of a switchblade. I never thought it would be appropriate to describe a fragrance. Then I wore the eleventh fragrance by Profumi del Forte, Versilia Platinum and experienced a fragrance with a number of brilliant sharp edges which left me exhilarated.
When it comes to men’s suits the top of the line is the Italian label Brioni. Their suits begin at $5,000 and can go much higher depending on the fabric chosen. A Brioni suit is said to take 183 steps over 18 hours to be made by one of 900 tailors in the Brioni factory in Italy. Like many other men’s clothing lines Brioni wants to create a fragrance to pair with their luxury threads. The remaining task was to put juice in the bottle that would also live up to the name on the bottle.
