Interview With Botanical Couture Perfumer JoAnne Bassett: Of Enfleurage And Renoir

August 14, 2010

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.

Soivohle Moderne Moroccan Orange: I’m Walking On Sunshine

August 13, 2010

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.

Sasha Varon Soulgasm Winner Is….

August 13, 2010August 13, 2010

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 Parfums May Deep: Is It Fall Yet?

August 12, 2010

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.

Vintage Scandal de Lanvin: My Gateway Drug

August 10, 2010

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.

Sasha Varon Soulgasm: The Soulgasm Report

August 9, 2010January 26, 2011

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.