When I heard that the newest release from her Aftelier line of perfume was called Wild Roses I erroneously expected a rose soliflore; Ms. Aftel is a bit more creative than that and her version of Wild Roses creates an olfactory hybrid of a rose.
With our personality and style differences, you would think hammering out a list of our top ten best perfume gifts that aren’t gifts would be the blog equivalent to the Salt II Treaty Negotiation. It wasn’t. A joint blog post by Michelyn and Patty with ten scented prizes.
As I stood in front of Dior’s Collection Privée at Bergdorf Goodman, I realized how fortunate I was. Roberta, Dior’s fragrance expert was engaged and super helpful with additional insights. I had Eau Noire in my hand and on my pulse points. I left knowing the evening was off to an excellent start, perhaps even a noble one.
Atelier Cologne has created a special edition fragrance celebrating Galleries Lafayette’s Centennial named Sous le Toit de Paris and is signed by Perfumer Ralf Schwieger and will be available in the Atelier Cologne Boutiques in New York and Paris.
“This is not a needle, I am not going to poke you.” said Dawn Spencer Hurwitz putting on me the tiniest amount of her Special Formula X. This is how my smell and tell fragrance consultation started. A few minutes later the entire large counter of her Essence Studio was covered by bottles one of which was Cardamom and Khyphi.
I am a recent fan of the lovely Hermès Eau des Merveilles. have not been as lucky with the flankers, so far. When I was offered a sample of the new L’Ambre des Merveilles, I accepted it, but was not hopeful.
