Enter Santa Maria Novella’s Peau d’Espagne.
She’s a real stinker.
This I profess with ardent admiration.
But it is not a parfum for the timorous.
It makes your knees knock and your heart race.
Quinacridone Violet is a larger-than-life, effervescent explosion of blossom, bud, leaf, fruit underscored with cedar, a kiss of musk and a murmur of incense.It is ebulliently Electric Day-Glo Violet- as in “plugged into a generator “.I say this with great affection for its unapologetically playful nature.
Roxana Villa talks the talk and walks the walk.
And I love her for this- among many, many other reasons.
She launches herself whole-heartedly into each endeavor with a full heart and a willing spirit.
Her perfumery is no exception.
She is a perfectionist, romantic visionary for whom botanical is best.
Two of Roxana’s newer compositions are Peace and Gracing the Dawn; she was kind enough to send them last week.
In 2008, Miuccia Prada released three new exclusives to her elusive line-
No. 8 Opoponax, No. 9 Benjoin, and No.10. Myrrhe.
No. 8 and No.10 were surprisingly dry, for resin- inspired scents.
No. 9 Benjoin was the one I most badly craved.
This inspiration for Acqua Di Parma Colonia Essenza is confirmed by the press materials where the following statement resides; “Colonia Essenza is a new fragrance that highlights the essence of the original Colonia fragrance. The more recognizable notes and accords that represent the “soul” of Colonia are boosted….” If this was the basic brief the perfumer worked off of, they succeeded and, the first two-thirds of the development of Colonia Essenza take this inspiration and make something inspired until the base unfortunately returns to something all too common and keeps Colonia Essenza from being a complete triumph.
In the words of Monty Python’s John Cleese… “And now for something…completely different”
Searching frantically for a sample vial of basil oil for a special new perfume formula I dumped out a dish of essential oil vials on my table…
My jazz man remarked that the pile “smelled pretty good” this chaos of vials and smells gave of quite the …sillage..hm.mmm really? I said absentmindedly then…Oooooh! As a naughty thought crossed my mind…
Yes, you guessed it. Dump the contents of every vial into a bottle.
