Paris gets under your skin; it’s the city of lights, the city of love and the city of fragrance…Contributor Jasia Julia Nielson’s adventures in perfume paradise with friends in fragrance Ines, Suzanne and Mark.
I met Kelly Jones Podorsek at Sniffapalooza a few years ago and we began talking about perfume and about the collection of wine inspired fragrances she was creating . I am a wine snob and like Paul Giamatti, in the movie Sideways, “I am not drinking any f’ing Merlot”. But I will wear it as a perfume.
If you’re a music fan you are well aware of the phenomenon of “finding” lost recordings of musicians. While this is common in the music business we now have an example in the perfume business as A Lab On Fire releases Sweet Dreams 2003. The artist having his “lost” fragrance unearthed is Thierry Wasser.
A Lab On Fire is a small label under the S-Perfume umbrella. They are making an impact by attracting some of the finest perfumers working to compose their fragrances. For What We Do In Paris Is Secret they asked Dominique Ropion to be the perfumer.
One good thing about January is there is a little bit of a pause post-Holidays and it allows me to catch up on things which keep getting displaced in my review on-deck circle. One of those new houses which I have been very interested to try is A Lab On Fire. Both L’Anonyme ou OP-1475-A and Rose Rebelle SC-7545 are good examples of their perfume ethos.
Considered aphrodisiac by many societies and an important ingredient of many comfort foods, from ice cream to home-made cookies, vanilla and chocolate are important fragrance ingredients especially during the winter months.So let’s get busy with ten draw prizes
