What it must be like to dance in the moon light… "In My Vertigo In my dizziness In my drunken haze Whirling and dancing Like a spinning wheel I saw myself As the source of existence" – Rumi Fragrance has a way of taking us on a kind of surrendered journey …
From a fragrance perspective Middle Eastern aesthetics have slowly been creeping into Western consciousness. The Internet has opened up the availability of the classic Arabian Attars. Besides perfumer's Salaam Attar's authentic natural fragrances for his line Profumu.it , and the luxury fragrance company Amouage (which is taking these influences and adding a decidedly French twist to …
My life partner for the last 15 years, Al Schackman was Nina Simone’s Music Director, guitarist, and one of her closest allies and friends for 46 years. It was a complex relationship with many ups and downs mostly due to Nina’s emotional condition but through the years when people would take him aside and question “why do …
In 2008, The World of Jo Malone™ introduced White Tie & Tiara, a limited edition fragrance designed exclusively to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation. White Tie & Tiara is inspired by the beautiful 'White Scented Garden' at Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish’s Windsor home, and is named after the White Tie and Tiara Ball, …
Sexy is one of those words that immediately evoke visual or mental images; a particular physical appearance perhaps, or is it power, influence or intellect? The year is 1998. Imagine best friends – a trendy fashionista, a pretty but naive brunette, a savvy corporate redhead, and a striking (but over 40) blonde? Who is the sexiest? …
There is a saying that every sibling has a different 'mother'. Some are biological, some are not. Some are with us, some have departed this earth. Yet, most often the memories of our mothers can be evoked in a moment, by our most primeval sense…our sense of smell. Author Daphne Du Maurier wrote,"If only there could be an …
