Pitti Fragranze 2021 First Impressions: Ralf Schwieger Retrospective and RAW Conference Curated by Mane

September 17-21, 2021 at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, many perfume lovers attended the first major fragrance trade show since 2019,  Pitti Fragranze. The first item on the agenda was RAW / E-Pure Jungle Essence™: The Re-birth Of Enfleurage, the conference curated by Mane showcasing raw materials. But the highlight was Ralf Schwieger – A Retrospective 1999-2021 the exhibition perfume critic and novelist Chandler Burr dedicated to this year’s guests of Pitti Fragranze

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Crepusculum Mirabile (Daphne Bugey) 2021 + A Midsummer Night’s Dream draw

There are only three listed notes for L’Artisan Parfumeur Crepusculum Mirabile from La Botanique Collection (Incredible Twilight) – jasmine, sandalwood and tonka bean; the number 63 representing “sixty-three” mods are indicated on its label. The  storytelling is about summer nights when nature is bathed and heated by the hot sun during the day. Daphne Buguey is the perfumer and English artist Katie Scott created all the visuals and graphics

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Best Autumn Perfumes 2021 + Part 2 Fall Equinox draw

Best Autumn Perfumes 2021

September 22, 2020, the autumnal equinox the time in the earth’s annual cycle around the sun in which day and night are equal in length. Even during these strange almost surreal times we all find comfort in our favorite autumn perfumes 2021, including L’Artisan Parfumeur Mandarina Corsica, Strangelove meltmyheart, Visiteur Parfums Cabernet Nocturne, Amouroud Safran rare, Bogue Profumo MEM

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Best Fall Fragrances 2021 + Part 1 draw

Best Fall fragrances 2021 niche and designer

The summer of 2021 was one to remember…or maybe forget. The world experienced the wrath of the weather gods, with torrential rains, hurricanes, hail, wildfires, tornadoes, flooding, wicked winds. record breaking heatwaves, extreme variances in temperatures. All this was compounded by Covid Delta variant, political unrest and too many late night zoom meetings. Now that  Autumn is here, we breathe a collective sigh of relief. The Best fall fragrances 2021 include Mona di Orio Ambre, DSH Perfumes Foxy, CHANEL Coromandal, D:Sol Terram, Ramon Monegal Ole and Hermetica Redmoon

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Corfu by MEMO Paris Review (Phillipe Paparella ) 2021+ Island on the Ionian Sea Draw

The plains of Java, the Quartier Latin in Paris the lush Ilha Do Mel, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro  are some of the scents of place that MEMO Paris co-founder and creative director Clara Malloy have transported us to through the Graines de Vagabondes collection. Now in 2021, Madame Molloy along with perfumer Phillipe Paparella take us to Corfu, Greece. In these uncertain times, for many of us our only travel is through a bottle, Corfu by Memo Paris takes us to paradise on the Ionian Sea

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