Despite coming from the distant island continent of Australia, Howard Jarvis has taken his passion for perfume and created a company that is responsible, natural and made very fine fragrances. Howard has gone back to the proverbial drawing board, donned his lab coat and “alchemist” cap and created some truly beautiful original perfumes. Many have intriguing names like: Ugly Bastard, Jezebel, Naiad and IF.
New York-centric, environmentally-conscious Bond No. 9 (all production is local and they have been recycling since 2007), in its fourth collaboration with the I LOVE NEW YORK brand—a state agency—has decided to celebrate New York’s high green IQ with a dedicated fragrance I LOVE NEW YORK for Earth Day.
“For ‘Fils de Dieu’ Etienne gave me two films to watch: ‘Reflections in a Golden Eye’ by John Huston and ‘The Masseur’ by Brillante Mendoza. The fragrance thus was inspired by Asian cuisine (hence the rice), a Philippine massage parlor (castoreum!) and the body lotions (musk)”-Ralf Schweiger
Certainly, the physical grace and nuanced performances of Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin, in the 2012 Academy Award winner for best picture ‘The Artist’, made it easy to imagine a signature fragrance for their characters. As Peppy and George moved across the screen effortlessly, I felt as if I could almost smell their sillage. The two have sweetly left an impression on my fragrance subconscious.
Senior Editor Tama Blough reviewed the first four Tommi Sooni fragrances and I am particularly fond of Tarantella although like Tama I think all of them are interesting. I wanted to talk to the creative director of Tommi Sooni, Steven Broadhurst, to find out what it’s like to create perfume Down Under.
As many parfumistas know, Bond No.9 is a company dedicated to immortalizing all parts of New York City in perfumes. Many of the perfumes released by Bond concentrate on more upscale neighborhoods and midtown locations but some of my personal favorites are from locations that pay tribute to places “downtown”.
