When it comes to the independent perfumer community, there is a group of talented artists who create interesting fragrances time and again. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is one of the members of that group for me and her latest release Bancha rewards my assessment. Although the name did not prepare me for the fragrance I would eventually …
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be involved in the birth of a new fragrance? Like many perfumistos, the idea is intriguing. I was fortunate to be the proud godfather to Sonoma Scent Studio’s latest –Incense Pure. It started, as so many things do in these days of the internet, with …
Geir Ness is the answer when people asked the question “What does Norway smell like as a perfume?” His creations Laila and Geir for Men play heavily on his Norwegian roots and Laila even carries the tagline of “Essence of Norway”. Now two young Norwegian women, model Britt Hovde Ross and actress Elisabeth Steen would …
“A master should never be evaluated on a single creation, unless of course they have created only one masterful work in a lifetime.”
When Thierry Wasser succeeded Jean-Paul Guerlain as the in-house perfumer at Guerlain in 2008 we waited to see whether he would build on the success of his earlier efforts, for the House, of Iris Ganache and Quand Vient La Pluie. While the latter is a top-notch floral, Iris Ganache is probably my least favorite of …
