NEW FRAGRANCE: Hermes Eau Claire des Merveilles- Got Milk Accord?

July 21, 2010

In 2004 Ralf Schweiger and Nathalie Feisthauer created a burst of citrus, spice and wood meant to resemble ambergris.
In 2010 Jean-Claude Ellena is once again headed back to the Merveilles well and has created a third flanker called Eau Claire des Merveilles. This time around the only similarity in the notes used comes at the end, as in all of the Merveilles flankers, it is about a woody/ambery finish. Unlike the other three versions this trip is totally different in arriving at that finish

The Mystery Of Musk: dupetit Botanical Musk Nr. 5

July 15, 2010July 16, 2010

Alfredo Dupetit-Bernardi had his own unique way of interpreting the brief Anya McCoy laid out. Hr. Dupetit-Bernardi chose to work with three of his existing compositions as the foundation upon which he would build his “woody erotizing musk”.
Botanical Musk Nr. 5 served as a primer on Hr. Dupetit-Bernardi’s style of natural perfumery.
Hr. Dupetit-Bernardi found his own solution to the “mystery”. In this case it involved taking what came before and re-interpreting it into something brand new.

NEW FRAGRANCE: Amouage Library Collection Opus I, II and III

July 15, 2010July 15, 2010

Christopher Chong, the creative director for Amouage, was “inspired by the recollections and fragments we acquire on our journey; the fragments that collectively represent a tome of memories … the notion of the hidden treasures in a library “.
Truly, there is something here for all tastes.
The goal was to transcend gender; all three are to be worn by anyone.

Scents of France: Celebrating Bastille Day July 14 * Les Americains* + Caron Paris ‘Lady Caron’ Draw

July 13, 2010July 14, 2010

The City of Lights has drawn American writers, musicians and artists from the 1800s to the present… Henry James, Nina Simone, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Van Morrison, Charlie Parker are just a few; today Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs are ‘expatriates’. The draw is for lady caron , a tribute to another beacon of light, The statue of Liberty created in 1876 and the first sight founder Ernest Daltroff saw as he approached Ellis Island. For those of us who visited Paris…it is amazing *how fluently one can speak in French , where perfume is concerned !*To enter the draw please write a comment on site about your favoirte Caron perfume or what the Statue of Liberty means to you. All three draws.. for Etat Libre D’Orange Jasmin and Cigarette,Eau de Italie Au lac and Caron Lady Caron close July 16 at 10 pm est

Scents of France: Celebrating Bastille Day July 14 The Europeans + Eau d’Italie Au Lac Draw

July 12, 2010July 13, 2010

Whether they traveled to France by EuroRail or by airplane, our European friends are all involved deeply, passionately in perfumery and leave with us their scented Souvenirs de Paris. To be eligble for this draw please comment on your favorite L’Eau d’Italie perfume, or why you would like to win Au Lac

Friday Fragrance Wrap Up six degrees of separation-Bvlgari, Betsey Jonhson, Pucci, Cavalli and BURN Candles

July 9, 2010July 10, 2010

We don’t cut and paste press releases. Its just not our style. If we get an official release from a fragrance company, it will always have our own spin. In todays’ Woman’s Wear Daily, six scented articlesappeared. Each one connects to me personally… through times in my life, former jobs, memories and scent.
And this quote by Betsey Johnson made my day…. and I hope it makes yours too…”There’s something important that should come along with a fragrance. A compliment.”