Facebook Fragrance Friends Portland Sniff 2016 Winners
We drank and sampled and swapped til it was dark, then we did a group toast and said our goodbyes.
New Perfume Review: Etat Libre D’Orange Attaquer le Soleil – Marquis de Sade (Quentin Bisch/ Etienne de Swardt) + Vive la Liberation Draw
Etat Libre D’Orange’sAttaquer le Soleil is built around a single ingredient, cistus labdanum, but strips it bare to show its every aspect from earth-pulling root to sloe-eyed resin
Lancôme Vintage Sikkim Perfume Winner
Perfumer Robert Gonnon was faced with the task of capturing all this diversity in a fragrance that would sum up the wonders of this fantastic place in olfactory form for Lancôme.
Perfume Review: Strange Invisible Perfumes Epic Gardenia (Alexandra Balhoutis) 2009 + On A Tropic Night Draw
Gardenia is a very iconic flower in perfumery. I wanted to formulate a natural gardenia fragrance that smelled modern and layered, referencing that era’s glamorous picture of the tropics.
Parfums M. Micallef 20 Ans Perfume Winner
New Perfume Review: House Of Cherry Bomb Immortal Mine II (Maria McElroy/ Alexis Karl ) 2016 + Delores del Rio Glamour Draw
HOuse of Cherry Bomb Immortal Mine II is a stunning amber-centric perfume, warm and enveloping, dark, sexy and profoundly mysterious wafting Old Hollywood glamour