NEW FRAGRANCE: L’Artisan Parfumeur COEUR DE VÉTIVER SACRÉ
After two years of collaboration with Bertrand Duchaufour, the House has chosen perfumer, Karine Vinchon as the nose for an exploration of the many facets of vetiver
NEW FRAGRANCE: Comme des Garcons Wonderwood
When you look at that note listing the only notable woody note missing seems to be pine or fir. When you look at that note list you also undoubtedly get the idea that this is a wood fragrance to the nth degree and your tolerance for that sort of fragrance will go a long way towards how you feel about Wonderwood.
What are Niche Perfumes: In Two Verses
“But— Niche perfumes growth is so explosive there is danger here too. If they try to pass off expensive hard to find perfume as fine fragrance, they will become as ubiquitous and as boring
Eau de Cologne- Johan Maria Farina 1709 and Penhaligon’s Eau de Cologne-Back To The Future
Just like Marty McFly in his souped-up DeLorean time machine from the movie “Back To The Future” there seems to be times in perfumery where it's earlier history makes a revival. During the past few months, we have seen Eau de Cologne make a comebac; some ground -breaking work such as in the Atelier Cologne series of five fragrances (my review …
Christine Nagel’s English Garden: Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia
Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia is the new fragrance for Fall 2010, inspired by one of the last great English Romantic poets, John Keats, and one of the most perfect short poems in English literature – ‘To Autumn’ – the fleeting moment of “mists and mellow fruitfulness” when the last days of summer are edged with fresh, …
Bertrand Duchaufour’s Penhaligon’s Orange Blossom- Here Comes the Sun
Over the past six months, perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour has created three startlingly original floral fragrances. Beginning with his “corrupted floral oriental” Penhaligon’s Amaranthine. Amaranthine was a fragrance that delved into all the dark and private places that a floral fragrance can go (amusingly dubbed “Amaranthigh” by many because of the sensuality it oozed). The second in this …