NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: En Voyage Lorelei and L’Hombre: The Name Game + Reader’s Choice Draw

April 20, 2012April 25, 2012

Shelley Waddington has gone into her fragrant paint box yet again, and created two new wonderful works of perfumed art. Two very plain samples arrived with descriptions and notes printed on cards with an email address for responding with possible names after sniffing the perfumes. Shelley notified me, after all submissions were entered, that she had chosen the names Lorelei (for the floral) and L’Hombre (for the masculine).

NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Bond No. 9 “I Love NY for Earth Day” and “I Love NY for Mothers” + Sample Set Draw

April 17, 2012April 17, 2012

The two most recent releases from Bond No. 9 center on NYC’s love of green along with its environmental “smarts” and its celebration of mothers and motherhood.

Leather for Ladies: A Study of the Naughtiest Note, in Honor of Bettie Page’s Birthday

April 16, 2012

Bettie Page, who would have been 89 on April 22nd, is an icon of sexuality whose look and legacy has inspired many a budding glamour girl and modern burlesque queen. An aroma that is a fitting accompaniment to lustful imagery is leather. Some might think that leather is a note reserved for masculine fragrances, but it can also be a dominant note in fragrances marketed to women.

CaFleureBon Profiles in Perfumery: Carlos Huber of Arquiste Parfumeur + Perfume and Preservation Draw

April 15, 2012April 16, 2012

I chose to study architecture and specialize in historic preservation. However, my attraction to perfume has always existed and I have always been very connected to my sense of smell, associating smells to places and people. Olfaction is my most acute sense.

New Fragrance: Maria Candida Gentile To Debut “The Exclusive Collection”

April 8, 2012April 8, 2012

Natural perfumer Maria Candida Gentile, the only Italian to earn the title Maitre Parfumeur will be launching a new line of her exquisite natural perfumery.

NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Etat Libre D’Orange Bijou Romantique + Sample Draw

April 7, 2012

When I received the new Etat Libre D’Orange Bijou Romantique I also received the other new release from ELDO, Fils de Dieu. I immediately fell for the flashier Fils de Dieu. Then I was sitting at my desk and I picked up the decant again. Without the showier fragrance to compete with it I slowly realized the subtle charms that perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui was conjuring with Bijou Romantique. Once I could experience it on its own I understood this was a fragrance for those who love complex fragrances.