In 2009 L’Artisan Parfumeur released an Aedes de Venustas fragrance created by Bertrand Duchaufour. Now in 2012 we have another new perfume with the name Aedes de Venustas on the flacon and while L’Artisan is no longer involved; M. Duchaufour is again the perfumer.
I was fortunate to receive samples of both new By Kilian fragrances, Bamboo Harmony and Water Calligraphy, as was my fellow CaFleureBon editor John Reasinger. We have such different methods of expression in our perfume writing; we thought it would be fun to review these in tandem.
Gérald ghislain the creative artist behind Histoires de Parfums and the highly anticpated The Scent of Departure collection is about to take flight.
I am extremely happy to be one of the first to have the opportunity to try all 20 of The Scent of Departure fragrances, no passport required for our whirlwind tour
Thick, velvety white petals of the bitter orange tree breathe out one of the most important and ancient scents in perfumery.The fragrance floats on the night air and perfumes the dawn in countries around the world.
Shelley Waddington has gone into her fragrant paint box yet again, and created two new wonderful works of perfumed art. Two very plain samples arrived with descriptions and notes printed on cards with an email address for responding with possible names after sniffing the perfumes. Shelley notified me, after all submissions were entered, that she had chosen the names Lorelei (for the floral) and L’Hombre (for the masculine).
The two most recent releases from Bond No. 9 center on NYC’s love of green along with its environmental “smarts” and its celebration of mothers and motherhood.
