When Bertrand Duchaufour turns his mind to composing perfume which captures a specific place that is where his greatest body of work resides. The latest example of this style comes with the release of Penhaligon’s Vaara.
I was worried Ralph Lauren Polo Red would be the latest in a long line of “ho hum” perfume-by-numbers releases by a house trying to recapture its glory days. Surprisingly, this is rather impressive.
Olympic Orchids Blackbird was created by perfumer Ellen Covey in homage to the summer aromas of the Pacific NW. Ripe wild blackberries, conifers giving in the shimmering air, and the dry grasses of a meadow all contribute to the experience of wearing this perfume
If galbanum is in the room you generally know it is there. Draws from Vero Kern, Maria Candida Gentile, Tommi Sooni, Atelier Cologne, Lush Gorillaz, Robert Piguet, Etat Libre D’Orange, DSH Perfumes, Anya’s Garden and Tambela. Go Green or go home
Mona di Orio Les Nombres D’Or Violet Fumee was originally created for Jeroen Oude Sogtoen’s use only but with Mona di Orio’s untimely passing away in 2011 he felt he couldn’t keep it to himself anymore and so is sharing this very personal creation with the rest of us.
I was taken by surprise by the matched pair of fragrances released for the summer of 2013 by Martine Micallef and her husband Geoffrey Nejman called Rouge No. 1 and Rouge No. 2. Both of these fragrances have a more carefree fun loving quality to them then I usually expect from a Micallef fragrance
