Niche Fragrance Review: A Love Note to Maria Candida Gentile Sideris
Maria Candida Gentile Sideris is a fragrance that is both unique and familiar at the same time. It’s an old soul perfume that seems to have lived many lives over many centuries.
Maria Candida Gentile Sideris is a fragrance that is both unique and familiar at the same time. It’s an old soul perfume that seems to have lived many lives over many centuries.
Challenged with creating a fragrance that represents Prada’s America’s Cup team, perfumer Daniela Andrier has infused her signature style with the spirit and excitement of world-class yacht racing in the new Prada Luna Rossa.
For Spring 2013, founder Laura Slatkin was once again inspired by art. The new limited-edition White Narcisse Collection features original artwork by Russian artist Alexander Solodukho.
San Francisco recently hosted our second Salon, and I found some new talent, including Mik, the San Francisco-based perfumer for a new line called MIKMOI. Mik launched his line the day of the Salon, and it was the kind of launch I really appreciate; his Asian-influenced design aesthetics were cohesive and I have to say the perfumes, Ao, Itoh, Aldwych, and Vesper, are delightful.
For the first year of Thirdman’s launch, Jean-Christophe Legreves, the founder of THIRDMAN, surrounded the brand ith mystery by keeping the identity of the perfumers hidden. The Mystery was unveiled and the perfumers revealed
“Colognes are a source of wellbeing and pleasure , nowadays they are seen as intimate perfume, filling the need for refinement and sensuality that we feel in ourselves and about ourselves.The are classic, original and sometimes surprising… and I have created them to be lived rather than to be worn”- Jean-Claude Ellena