The winner of Cafleurebon’s draw for Alexandra Balahoutis’ Strange Invisble Perfumes Temple of Musk for the Natural Perfumer’s Guild The Mystery of Musk Internet Project is …
My favorite scents for summer are aquatic, reminiscent of suntan oil, and smell of citrus. So grab yourself an orange, put on your sunscreen and join me on the beach this summer. All it requires is a spritz.
Yes the IFRA rules change, I must always keep up, especially because I use many natural and raw materials. But I can always create with what is available…. I am not affected too much by these rules and my advice to any new perfumer? Never compromise your art for commerciality
Is it difficult to blend an accord similar to animal musk but solely with botanicals? You betcha. But the skilled perfumer can provide his or her customer with scents similar in effect to real musk by providing the human system the stimulus needed to enhance ones own ‘musk’ or personal scent. – We thank Anya McCoy and the Natural Perfumer’s Guild for including Cafleurebon in this project. We chose to spotlight each perfumer and their work individually. The draw for the bottle of Strange Invisible Perfumes Temple Of Musk we are giving away in conjunction with the project, ends July 7, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST
*The Dogdays* are here- no denying it.I’ve never been a summer girl; I was */born hot/*. Now, if I lived a Caribbean life, or the much more sensible rhythm of
those in warmer climes- The lingering glass of pastis at noon, the leisurely siesta, the gentle early evening ambling along ancient Roman paths near Avignon, so I choose to greet the summer swelter by creating my own personal Paradise vis a vis scent
There are few perfumers who have a signature style. One is is Olivia Giacobetti. Mme. Giacobetti also has an undeniable architecture to her fragrances, that of sheerness in beauty.Mme. Gicobetti returns with three new ‘green’ fragrances for Honore des Pres dubbed the “We Love NY” collection. The fragrances are packaged in that most disposable of New York City commodities the take-away coffee cup. While the packaging around this collection could be termed disposable, or common, the fragrances inside are not. Mme. Giacobetti’s We Love NY collection for Honore des Pres accurately captures many of the more pleasant smells of New York City and if one is up for an unusual olfactory tour your first step should be to acquire these fragrances
