REDRAW :Heeley Hippie Rose Luckyscent Sample Winner
Mr. Heeley has created a patchouli rose fragrance that is surrounded by two different kinds of musk which gives it a sun-warmed skin accord underneath the patchouli and rose
Mona di Orio Les Nombres D’Or Vetyver and Vanille: V is for Vanilla & Vetiver+ Luckyscent Draw
Mona di Orio’s Les Nombres D’Or are meant to highlight the highest quality materials and the previous entries have done an excellent job of setting the titular ingredient off like a diamond solitaire. For the latest two Mme di Orio has chosen two of the most ubiquitous notes in perfumery, vetiver and vanilla, for the same treatment.
REDRAW: How Green is their Country Winner of Pacific Perfumes Artisan Solid Fragrance Draw
Francesca and Kate were so generous with their samples, that it will require 2 posts to attempt to cover most of them, because this is a naturals- only report. We at Ca Fleure Bon would liketo acquaint you with their serendipitous encounter.
CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of DSH Perfumes + American Beauty Draw
As America is the great melting pot we can take inspiration from everywhere in our world to give it voice- Dawn Spencer Hurwitz
NEW FRAGRANCE: Parfumerie Generale “Indochine” A Portrait in Sepia + Preview Draw
Pierre Guillaume’s inspiration for the 25th Parfumerie Generale perfume, due to be released in September, is a pair of sepia photographs from 1920 Indochine which depict a cruise on the Mekong River. As I have been wearing Indochine over that last few days it felt like a fragrance which has its own unique patina. M Guillaume chose ingredients from throughout the region as his notes for Indochine.
Heeley Hippie Rose: Scent of Freedom + Woodstock Draw
I am a fan of James Heeley of Heeley Perfumes as he has made a number of singular fragrances which I think are pretty good. His latest fragrance Hippie Rose has the ability to take me back to the Summer of Love in Provincetown. Mr. Heeley has created a patchouli rose fragrance that is surrounded by two different kind of musk which gives it a sun-warmed skin accord underneath the patchouli and rose.