During my San Francisco vacation this past week I had the honor of visiting with three different women in the natural perfume world; Mandy Aftel, Master Perfumer (AKA The QUEEN of GREEN), the pioneer of botanical fragrance and celebrated author, Laurie Stern, Master Perfumer, and Libby Patterson, Master Perfumer and Quantum Alchemist. I sipped …
The two latest releases from Xerjoff, Richwood and Damarose, are excellent examples of their design aesthetic. Richwood welds together rose, sandalwood and patchouli; Damarose creates a lush opulent rose chypre. Both of these fragrances show what can be done when the finest ingredients are available to be used by a perfumer.
The Twelve Days of Christmas are traditionally defined as beginning Christmas Day and culminating on The Feast of the Epiphany.Twelve days and twelve scents. Take the fun one fragrant step further, enter our Naughty or Nice draw.
Mandy, you’ve made me very happy with these three beautiful perfumes.
May all our readers treasure moments of light in the seasonal heart of darkness/ repose and feel the many blessings which surround us all
Opus Oils latest collection, “Les Bohemes” (The Bohemians) is a throwback to the age of Speakeasies & wild abandon. Rich, Ultra Decadent & Shamelessly heavy on the Natural Essences – just like the scents that were constructed during Perfume’s Golden Age of the 1920’s
Sometimes the more I like a perfume the harder it is to write about. It’s because I want to do it justice- to the perfumer, to the creative process, and to the creation itself. During this Natural Perfumer’s Guild Outlaw Perfume Project I have felt a little intimidated by 2 perfumes, firstly Mata Hari by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, and secondly by Rose of Cimarron by Bellyflowers Perfumes. I enjoy Rose of Cimarron for the lovely scent creation that it is, and for the historical link, again to a famous outlaw.
