Vampira Moon Garden Perfume by Opus Oils- A Poetic Preview
Monica “Skye” Miller is inspired by Vampira Moon Garden by Opus Oils to create a preview in poetry.
‘Tis The Season- Prince Matchabelli Golden Autumn
I love that Prince Matchabelli Golden Autumn is celebratory, rather than melancholy or dreary.
Spicy, woody, balsamic, animalic- all these facets fraternize beautifully.
With all of its old-school orientalia, it has a deeply calming sense of plenitude, without excessive weight.
Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia- Autumn Is Ecumen In
Ripe pears and apples and the warm baked desserts they star in are staples of my New England fall. When I had read Christine Nagel’s intention was to create a pear accord that encompassed not only the scents of the skin but also the pulpy juiciness under that skin I was enchanted. The main note she was choosing to pair with it has become one of the notes 2010 will become known for, freesia. Freesia has been adding a fresh green quality to new fragrances, all over, this year and the thought of that in contrast to a fully ripened pear accord sounded delightful. Happily Christine Nagel did not leave me hanging on the tree. Instead she has harvested a fruity floral that focuses on the whole quality of the central fruit accord and in conjunction with a duo of old and new floral accords creates a fruity floral fragrance of quality.
Keiko Mecheri La Collection Hesperids- A Citrus Aromatic Travelogue
Keiko Mecheri’s latest additions, La Collection Hesperids are an homage to the classic Eau de Cologne genre. Each one beautifully fresh, soft and modern.
Mulholland, Taormine, Les Nuits d’Izu and Tarifa are summer citrus fragrances each illustrating a journey with Keiko’s personal touch.
My Kandinsky
In the words of Monty Python’s John Cleese… “And now for something…completely different”
Searching frantically for a sample vial of basil oil for a special new perfume formula I dumped out a dish of essential oil vials on my table…
My jazz man remarked that the pile “smelled pretty good” this chaos of vials and smells gave of quite the …sillage..hm.mmm really? I said absentmindedly then…Oooooh! As a naughty thought crossed my mind…
Yes, you guessed it. Dump the contents of every vial into a bottle.
Chanel Bleu de Chanel: Expendable?
I realized I was having trouble trying to find a way to review the new masculine release from Chanel, Bleu de Chanel. After having worn it a number of times I know it is not a fragrance I will reach for often. On the other hand I do see it as a fragrance that will be well received by the much bigger majority that do not own multiple bottles of perfume. Because I think Bleu de Chanel is meant to be more “commercial” than “classic” do I judge it as populist piece of perfumery or as something that had the potential to take its place next to the other classics in the Chanel line?