At Esxence 2019, Bernard Bourgeois, Master Perfumer and Curator of the L’ Osmotheque presented an informative lecture on dissapearing perfume materials
This is Mardi Gras, chere, where, for a few days every year, everything is larger than life and anything goes – and we’ve got the perfumes to go with it!
Nina Ricci L’Air du Paradis created for Nina Ricci by perfumer Calice Becker and guest Creative Director Martyna Zoltaszek is a tropical cocktail
Le Sacre du Printemps, the perfume, is a bold and contemporary interpretation of the Stravinsky/ Nijinsky masterpiece; arguably the fiercest green perfume on the market today
It appears as if there is a burgeoning trend at reviving perfume houses of the past. For the Oriza L. Legrand return it begins with four fragrances by Elisabeth de Feydeau: Deja Le Printemps, Oeillet Louis XV, Relique Dd’Amour, and Reve d’Ossian.
True Blood (an HBO series based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris) takes this one step further. Vampires have come “out of the coffin” and for the last four seasons have had many of us rapt in front of our televisions on Sunday summer nights. As I watch the show, I often imagine what scents these intriguing characters would wear.
