I have a soft spot in my perfumed heart for Italian fragrances. Without being brusque, overbearing or obnoxious, Laboaratorio Olfattivo encapsulates that Italian aesthetic of both luxury and quality with sensibility and charm with both of the new fragrances, Noblige and Decou-Vert.
For the New Kingdom collection Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of DSH Perfumes was inspired by original Egyptian perfumes she had studied for the King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum and wanted to revisit those and modernize them. The results are Iridum, Keni, Antiu, and Megaleion
Usually after Sniffapalooza it is a fragrance which resonates with me after the event. For the first time, after the recent Spring Fling, it isn’t a fragrance that has me excited about the future but a new initiative called The Fragrance Republic.
Imagine what Harrod’s smells like at 2AM. From that simple idea from Joe Garces, perfumer Aurelien Guichard has created Knightsbridge the best of the new Robert Piguet Parfums fragrances that have been released to date and my favorite fragrance of the first half of 2013.
After three years in the making Le Labo introduces two new statement florals for their Classic Collection – LYS 41 & YLANG 49.
An encouraging trend over the last few years has been the reinvigoration of classic perfume houses. One of those success stories is that of English perfume house Grossmith. The new Black Label collection encompasses four new creations: Amelia, Floral Veil, Golden Chypre, and Saffron Rose.
