With our personality and style differences, you would think hammering out a list of our top ten best perfume gifts that aren’t gifts would be the blog equivalent to the Salt II Treaty Negotiation. It wasn’t. A joint blog post by Michelyn and Patty with ten scented prizes.
Eline Pajot spent 15 years working for all of the biggest beauty brands but after she worked for IFF she realized she wanted to become an “Autour”. There are four perfumes in this inaugural group for her Autour du Parfum line; Poudre d’Iris, Patchouli Tonka, Encens d’Ange, and Ambre Mystere.
As I stood in front of Dior’s Collection Privée at Bergdorf Goodman, I realized how fortunate I was. Roberta, Dior’s fragrance expert was engaged and super helpful with additional insights. I had Eau Noire in my hand and on my pulse points. I left knowing the evening was off to an excellent start, perhaps even a noble one.
Atelier Cologne has created a special edition fragrance celebrating Galleries Lafayette’s Centennial named Sous le Toit de Paris and is signed by Perfumer Ralf Schwieger and will be available in the Atelier Cologne Boutiques in New York and Paris.
“This is not a needle, I am not going to poke you.” said Dawn Spencer Hurwitz putting on me the tiniest amount of her Special Formula X. This is how my smell and tell fragrance consultation started. A few minutes later the entire large counter of her Essence Studio was covered by bottles one of which was Cardamom and Khyphi.
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.
