Top 10 Holiday fragrances winners
For the top 10 Holiday fragrances, all are boozy with notes of cognac and brandy, spicy with cardamom and cloves and/ or resinous with pine sap which immediately evoke the holiday season.
True Gifts From Independent Perfumers + Holiday Gift Guide 2021 (Part 2) Draw
True Creativity: inspired holiday gifts from independent perfumers with small businesses who offer authentic and unique offerings. For this gift guide, some ideas of what to buy – but also let you know what you might want to avoid.
Holiday Perfumes 2021 Winners (part 1)
I don’t believe in blind buying holiday perfumes as a gift unless it is a much-wanted bottle and that I have reservations even then. 2021 feels different because with worldwide lockdowns, brick and mortar doors were shuttered because of COVID-19 for much of the year. Samples are a great way to test fragrances you have read about before you buy-blind.
Atelier Materi Santal Blond Review (Lucas Sieuzac) + “Waking up in Rivendell ” Draw
Each of the fragrances from Atelier Materi’s portfolio is focused on a single natural raw material, selected from the best terroir and with respect for fair trade. Atelier Materi Santal Blond by Lucas Sieuzac is ideal for everyday wear, comfortable worn under your corporate suit and is gender fluid.
Parfumeurs Du Monde Makeda Review (Alexandre Isaie Helwani) 2021 + Queen’s Nectar Draw
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.
Kiss My Name by Ramon Monegal Winner
Kiss My Name by Ramon Monegal blooms on the skin exuberant, glistening, like a ray of light bouncing between mirrors, creating the most delicious golden kaleidoscope, uncovering new facets with every angle of its rotation.