I believe that it was a better year for fragrance in 2010 than in 2009. From the Mystery of Musk to Serge Lutens there was fine fragrance for every perfumista.After much consideration my perfumer of the year is…
Seven years ago, Mandy Aftel helped me learn about natural, organic and botanical perfumery. I chose five other natural perfumers who i have known for a few years. Each was asked “Why is it you choose to work only with natural, botanical or organic fragrances”? and “What is the difference between organic, botanical and natural perfumes?”
Special Bulletin: Nine Natural Perfumers take on creating fragrances from a list of over 200 I.F.R.A regulated raw materials. Witness protection program not offered. Look for our reviews November 17-21.
The City of Lights has drawn American writers, musicians and artists from the 1800s to the present… Henry James, Nina Simone, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Van Morrison, Charlie Parker are just a few; today Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs are ‘expatriates’. The draw is for lady caron , a tribute to another beacon of light, The statue of Liberty created in 1876 and the first sight founder Ernest Daltroff saw as he approached Ellis Island. For those of us who visited Paris…it is amazing *how fluently one can speak in French , where perfume is concerned !*To enter the draw please write a comment on site about your favoirte Caron perfume or what the Statue of Liberty means to you. All three draws.. for Etat Libre D’Orange Jasmin and Cigarette,Eau de Italie Au lac and Caron Lady Caron close July 16 at 10 pm est
You enter my muscles and cells coiled like a serpentine swell,
then unfurl to release the froth of my own musk-scented core.
Even the sheets become an ocean of musk that we ride until
night drops, heaving our bodies to shore and devouring us both
