Valentine’s Day A Dozen Roses Winners
Roses have been used for perfumery for thousands of years and is the flower most associated with romance and seduction. The rose is most often associated as the flower of Valentine’s Day
ERIS Parfums Scorpio Rising Review (Antoine Lie) 2022 + Is it Getting Hot in Here? Giveaway
Created in extrait concentration by Antoine Lie alongside founder and Author Barbara Herman, smouldering, spicy ERIS Parfums Scorpio Rising is one long, slow burn of incense, woods and leather that will have even the most balanced Libra or virtuous Virgo easing into venomous ways in no time.
Christèle Jacquemin Memory Lane Winner
A multifaceted artist, Christèle Jacquemin is a world traveler, an award-winning photographer, and a gifted artisanal perfumer who created in her four fragrances a scented memory map, that unfolds with visuals paired with scent, for a deeply personal experience
BAUDELAIRE: From Matter to Spirit by Pierre Benard of OSMOART
Perfumes, colors and sounds”, a saying that Pierre Bernard has used for several years to express the idea of an interactive sensoriality that animates OSMOART and which animates me. Extracted from the sonnet “Correspondances”, this aphorism aspires to the synesthetic poetry of Charles Baudelaire, whose bicentenary we are celebrating.
Amouage Honour 43 Woman Winner
Amouage Honour 43 Woman has a bouquet of big white floral notes (jasmine, tuberose and gardenia) that is reminiscent of the scents in the Secret Garden Collection (Love Tuberose, Blossom Love, Lilac Love and Mimosa Love) but, much bigger and bolder.
Aether Arts Perfume Tea and Takhi winner
Aether Arts Perfume Tea and Takhi by Amber Jobin centers on the smells of horses and the astringent, smokiness of black tea, dotted with butter, hay, and salt. It smells familiar and alien, the combination of tea and animalic, of leather and salted butter, unlike anything else I’ve encountered in perfumery. And it’s incredibly alluring.