Parfumeurs Du Monde Makeda Review (Alexandre Isaie Helwani) 2021 + Queen’s Nectar Draw

Parfumeurs du Monde Makeda by Alexandre Issie HELWANI

In Parfumeurs Du Monde Makeda, Alexandre Isaie Helwani wanted to express not so much the dynamic aspect of the powerful Queen, as the tender side of the woman (strongly inspired by the “Song of Songs”). His initial idea was to construct the fragrance upon a combination of orris butter, sandalwood and vanilla, thus reflecting the idea of “gold and ivory” that Queen Makeda brought as gifts to Jerusalem.

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 Jo Malone Silver Birch and Lavender Review (Yann Vasnier) 2021 “Scintilla of Silver For the Solstice”

Jo Malone Silver Birch & lavender review

Jo Malone Silver Birch & Lavender personifies Coco Chanel’s opinion that simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance – pristine in an argentine fashion, all shimmer and sleek freshness. A well-tailored item retains its value, and in the skilled hands of senior perfumer Yann Vasnier of Givaudan, this cologne not only mirrors the crispness of the season, it will work perfectly well year ‘round: tonic in spring, refreshing in summer, and elegiac in the autumn.

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Aether Arts Perfume Black Hole Review (Amber Jobin) 2021 + Falling Weightless Draw

Aether Arts Perfume Black Hole, by Amber Jobin, (the third in the Pandemic series which includes The Space Between and Contact) poses an inherent contradiction: turning an exploration of the unknowable into fragrance. But Black Hole is more than an intellectual exercise of creating something out of the ultimate nothing; it is also a sly olfactory rendering of “all the craziness that was/is 2020-2021.”

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Parfums Raffy Gift Certificate Winner

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Unlike many perfumes stores Parfums Raffy offers a wide variety of fragrances that include classic fragrances that have been around for a hundred years or more to new designer and the hottest niche brands entering the market. In owner Raffy Dobakian’s opinion we are in the golden age of perfumery and we are all lucky to be living through it!

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