Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Pangolin Violette Rose is quite simply Sumptuous. It is a brilliant example of what is possible when impossibly beautiful materials are utilized in perfumery: Nature’s glory.
Danielle Fleming, Perfumer, Founder & CEO of Noteology Perfumes along with the sister sample subscription, Olfactif began creating fragrances through training at Cinquieme Sens, the Fragrance Academy of the Fragrance Foundation, and later as an analyst at Firmenich.
Christèle Jacquemin Meandering Soul doesn’t follow a linear path, small alleyways divide in front of us – one tempts you with milky woody lights that make you feel like you are slowly dissolving into a cup of hot, steaming tea, other leads to a shadowy caramel back alley filled with the smell of brazed tobacco, and there, just in front, there is the promise of flowers.
INITIO Parfums Oud for Happiness has a dry-down that makes me think of Pfeffernusset, a traditional Christmas cookie in Germany, and a popular delicacy in Denmark and The Netherlands. The recipe calls for molasses, pepper, anise, and other seasonal spices. These cookies are chewy and coated in confectioners’ sugar. Biting into the soft, warm dough feels like the fragrance’s base, the delicate whiff of vanilla wrapping the whole structure with its sensual aroma. Perhaps another bite, another puff, and one more spritz. Inhale…exhale and I’m ready to call it a night and drift away into the land of pleasure.
Rubini Nuvolari -Extrait de Course perfectly captures the Flying Mantuan’s James Bondi-like aura and the tension and excitement of the race. It also represents one of Cristiano Canali’s most refined work to date.
Shawn Maher celebrates the great Fair – the largest and most expensive ever dreamt up – with Chatillon Lux 1904, that parades vibrant, contrasting notes like an array of fairground attractions, setting burnished, pungent coffee and creamy woods against zingy fruit notes, all wrapped up in a flowery jasmine bow.
