Frankincense & Myrrh are more than symbols of the season. they are the foundation of both ancient and modern perfumes. Amouage,Olivier Durbano, Etro, Maria Candida Gentile, Parfums d’ Empire, Caron, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Anya’s garden, Tallulah Jayne, bellyflowers,Strange Invisible perfumes, pacific perfumes,
Today’s gray skies turned sunny while wearing Soleil Liquide. When I emerged street level, I arrived at a different kind of open-air courtyard, namely Rockefeller Plaza. I was transported to Andalusia. Spain and to the streets of Seville.
At the beginning I wasn’t a creator of niche perfume brands, I was the nasty bastard giving briefs to perfumers at LMVH. I choose a perfumer by their grasp of the concept I have. For example: Putains de Palais and Natalie Feisthauer. She said, “I want to be that slut”.-Etienne de Swardt, Etat Libre D’Orange
Being a perfumista has the added bonus of getting to know new people, adding those to your circle of friends. But they rarely/ never have such a thing as a signature scent. It made me think of a few of my closest friends who actually do have something akin to a signature scent
Heading to the gala opening of The Art of Scent 1889-2012 I was nervous. Chandler Burr has been telling me everything that this exhibit was going to be but what if it wasn’t? As the elevator rose to the 4th floor of the museum I think I held my breath a bit as the doors opened.
Pierre Benard of Osmoarts perfumes, colors and sounds composes a multisensorial love poem to the Queen of the Night …Tuberose, which he studied for a year. Combining music, art, chemistry and poetry, “les parfums de niche” play the part of his lover,his tubereuse, in her many guises. She may act innocent; she is la belle dame sans merci.
