Real beauty is a ray which emanates from the holy of holies of the spirit, and illuminates the body, as life comes from the depths of the earth and gives color and scent to a flower”-Kahlil Gibran
Michel Roudnitska’s fragrances bring to life memories and sparks yearnings, both of the past and of thefuture. He is a defender of the perfumer as an artist, a topic we covered upon learning Dior changed some of his father’s greatest works.
Recently there have been a number of ouds on the market, many quite beautiful, but none that match Xerjoff’s version.
Thousands of years ago, goddess worship was prevalent throughout the world. Powerful mother goddesses ruled over all creation, one of whom was named Anahita, Zoroastrian goddess of water, love, fertility, and war in what is now Iran. Anahita was depicted as beautiful and alternately giving and cruel; a deity so popular that she has been …
Introducing the final two fragrances in the Penhaligon’s Anthology Collection; a lush woody citrus Esprit du Roi created by master perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour and the shimmering chypre Eau Sans Pareil, created by Beverley Bayne.
Over the past seven years I have tested dozens of bath and shower products; here are my “natural” favorites.Part one of a two part series…
