*The Dogdays* are here- no denying it.I’ve never been a summer girl; I was */born hot/*. Now, if I lived a Caribbean life, or the much more sensible rhythm of
those in warmer climes- The lingering glass of pastis at noon, the leisurely siesta, the gentle early evening ambling along ancient Roman paths near Avignon, so I choose to greet the summer swelter by creating my own personal Paradise vis a vis scent
From first sniff, the quality of materials was apparent, as if no expense had been spared. This was clearly NOT going to be a timorous, powdery musk. If the submission of Graines de Paradis by Sharini is a portent of things to come, the future of natural perfumery looks pretty damn sweet. Its the real thing!
This interview was pivotal in my career as a journalist; divided into three ‘acts’;it portrays M. Ellena as an iconic influencer of 21st century fragrance, the friend of Michel Roudnitska, student of Edmond Roudnitska and ultimately, provides glimpses into the life and ART of an extraordinary man.
DSH Perfumes Parfum de Grasse is a floral chypre that reveals seamless loveliness and abundance. It is a hymn to the City of Perfumery
Our fathers and our father’s fathers; there is a generational thread of scent that connects us to them as surely as their DNA. As dashing as William Powell, as handsome as Jack Kennedy, they were ‘men’s men” who knew how to craft gold, plant a garden, scare off a rattlesnake and grill a steak
For their second collaboration Mme. Roth and M. Vasnier choose another well-known floral as their central accord and, as in Mythique, find a unique source to build their new fragrance Coup de Foudre around. The flower at the center of Coup de Foudre is rose and M. Vasnier goes right to the heart of French perfumery in Grasse and uses one of the two remaining fields of Rose de Mai (Rosa Centifolia) as the source. Through a new extraction process gave the Rose de Mai a “feel of sniffing a live rose on the vine they wanted to add a new vibrancy to a rose fragrance”.
