Perfumer’s Spotlight: Maria McElroy of aroma M +Happy 22nd Birthday “Love is In the Air” Draw
aroma M now has a collection of twenty one perfumes, we have never taken one off the line. O-cha was the first, and Geisha Vanilla Hinoki is the latest.
The Different Company Osmanthus, Oud of Love and Une Nuit Magentique Winner
Launched in 2000 by Jean Claude Ellena and Thierry De Baschmakoff, The Different Company (TDC) was formed to create “exceptional fragrances embedded in real works of art
New Perfume Review: Francesca Bianchi Perfumes Angel’s Dust (Francesca Bianchi) 2016 +Scented Seduction Draw
Upon first application of Francesca Bianchi Angel’s Dust I was glad that there was a chair nearby. It is one of only five perfumes I own that have my head spinning at first whiff
Memo Paris Russian Leather Perfume Winner
New Perfume Review: Histoires de Parfums This is Not A Blue Bottle ~1/1, 1/2 & 1/3 (Julien Rasquinet and Luca Maffei) + Gérald Ghislain’s Abstract Art Gallery
There is coherence between all three of Histoires de Parfums This is Not a Blue Bottle Series that makes them feel like companion pieces in the same art gallery.
Fragrance Review: Collection Grands Crus Berdoues Vânira Moorea (Alexandra Monet) 2016 + A Tale From The South Pacific Draw
“Writers turn dreams into print.”-James Michener. To my mind, Alexandra Monet worked the same kind of magic in Berdoues Grand Crus Vânira Moorea