When I recently received three samples from the Portland, Oregon based Slumberhouse the concept of creating perfume outside the mainstream took hold a little more firmly because when I tried Kote, Mur, and Verg I thought that this might actually be the first real example of olfactory outsider art.
When one of our favorite American niche perfumers brings collaborates with Anthropologie we know it will ca fleure bon. What brought them together? It was their mutual passion for perfume, art, design, travel and literature. The collection was inspired by Ineke’s garden
Introducing the final two fragrances in the Penhaligon’s Anthology Collection; a lush woody citrus Esprit du Roi created by master perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour and the shimmering chypre Eau Sans Pareil, created by Beverley Bayne.
The Artist Formerly known as Prince, had more incarnations than Madonna and is a consummate performer, signer and musician. Prince sang the soundtrack of our lives. Each of us chose our favorite song. PS Our draw incudes a Kiss.
Resurrecting the legacy of Houses of perfumery past. The sleeper in ‘everything old is new again’ perfumery, and one of our personal favorites, is Jovoy Paris
It takes the same amount of knowledge, craft and care to create for a more commercial brand vs. a niche one. -Calice Becker of Givaudan
