Symine Salimpour brings to us a ‘world out of time'. Some Cafleurebon’s readers may not be familiar with her beautiful fragrances, inspired by her own life experiences. It is Symone's tenacity, her personal ideaology, spiritualism, and dedication to the art of perfumery that sets Symine apart. When I reunited with Symine at a recent Sniffapalooza event, …
Just like Marty McFly in his souped-up DeLorean time machine from the movie “Back To The Future” there seems to be times in perfumery where it's earlier history makes a revival. During the past few months, we have seen Eau de Cologne make a comebac; some ground -breaking work such as in the Atelier Cologne series of five fragrances (my review …
Recently, my friend- in- fragrance, Wim Janssens and I had a bit of a "duel". Whilst I said Guerlain Habit Rouge is the fragrance of a gentleman, he proclaimed Guerlain Jicky is the scent of a confident man. He is right;I began to ponder 'what is a gentleman? It is a subject that has been on my mind for over …
Linari Acqua Santa is the fifth fragrance from Linari. Mark Buxton, Angelo Di Fume and Notte Bianca; and Egon Oelkers, Eleganza Luminosa and Vista Sul Mare; were the noses behind those initial creations. (I really enjoyed Mr. Buxton’s Notte Bianca; its mix of citrus, absinthe and herbs was wonderful on the skin). Maurice roucel created Acqua Santa.
The manifesto was entitled “I Hate Perfume” and it was a simple list dividing everything I hated about perfume as I generally encountered it from what I thought it could be. I’ve made a few slight changes in it over the years but I’m still surprised at how well it’s held up. Everything I’d written then still applies now 15 years later-Christopher Brosius
Over the past year, the reports of chemicals used in perfume causing everything from lack of concentration at work to breast cancer to lowering a man's sperm count has reached critical mass. In my own research, 1 in 5 Americans have allergies, most often to foods, pets and natural pollen. That is not say that …
