Time magazine named the 2011 Person of the Year “the protestor”, and in a way that fits with many of our awardees. Tama and Michelyn sniffed, tested and worn over 500 fragrances on themselves selves, on scent strips and doused on fearless testers. Our draw is for their picks for three 2012 FiFi Indie Nominees
Geza Schoen is one of our most cerebral perfumers. . It is why when I heard he was making a perfume for the 20th anniversary of the death of German actor Klaus Kinski I was elated. I had a feeling Hr. Schoen would not put out some assembly line celebuscent but would challenge me aesthetically and intellectually, which he does with his new fragrance Kinski.
“I just loved how the name encompasses the energy of a mature, sophisticated woman and the sense of a grand floral perfume that has morphed into a rich fruity-floriental – chypre. – Dawn Spencer Horowitz
Alaska has been a source of quirky inspiration for many artists so it is not a surprise that the majordomo of Smell Bent, Brent Leonesio returned from his trip full of inspiration. After a summer visit to Alaska Mr. Leonesio created five new fragrances and they are all tied together with equal parts Mr. Leonesio’s trademark guerilla style of perfumery and ingredients indigenous to America’s Last Frontier.
Mona Di Orio fragrances have always enjoyed a cult following among a select group of the cognescenti. Mystery surrounded her inaugral line (reminding me of another Mona) . It’s above all a deep Mediterranean influence in her sensibilty.olfctively and personally.
Harbinger.
The name conjures visions of plump-breasted robins, crocus and snowdrops, fuzzy nascent buds on dormant magnolias.
Liz Zorn has given us a gentle thing, airy and earthy-
With much to contemplate in-between the two.
