Rogue Perfumery Derviche II Winner
Manuel Cross has brought an incredible amount of creative license to Rogue Perfumery Derviche II. His aim is to take us down the rabbit hole of artistic perfumery. I consider this achieved
L’Artisan Parfumeur Cédrat Céruse and L’Artisan Parfumeur Iris de Gris Reviews (Quentin Bisch) 2022 + Le Potager Collection giveaway
L’Artisan Parfumeur’s new Le Potager collection include five fragrances that use vegetables as the focus, cauliflower, tomato, green pea, beetroot and fennel. Symrise perfumer Alexandra Carlin composed her very first for the brand, Tonka Blanc. Givaudan’s Quentin Bisch created four of the five, L’Artisan Parfumeur Cédrat Céruse, Iris de Gris, Vétiver Écarlate and Musc Amarante.
Milano Fragranze Cortile Review (Michelle Moellhausen) 2021 + Class & Elegance Giveaway
Milano Fragranze Cortile captures the ambience of the ballatoios (balconies) where couples relax and the scent of rich foliage and ristretto coffee hang in the evening air.
Best Green Fragrances Winners
Green Fragrances can be herbal, floral, fresh, fruity, leafy, citrus and aromatic and often feature basil, oakmoss, cardamom, vetiver and mint
Aftelier Perfumes Cepes and Tuberose Winner
Aftelier Perfumes Cepes and Tuberose, created by award winning natural perfumer Mandy Aftel in 2003 is an olfactory epiphany.
Voskanian Parfums Pêche Chyprée (Tsovak Voskanian) 2021 + “colorised memory” giveaway
Voskanian Parfums Pêche Chyprée smells like a perfect memory of a peach, like a black and white photo that has been scanned hi-res, added into a photoshop worksheet, and masterfully and painstakingly detailed colored back to life, its re-constructed memory being thousand times more beautiful than the original model.