The word “noir”, attached to a perfume’s name, infers something dark or black and conjures images of the night and mystery. Roxana Villa has called out to the night and the Earth and merged them into Roxana Illuminated Perfume Figure 1: Noir.
“Artisan perfumery is a growing movement where individuals are exploring unique olfactory directions through a variety of fragrant media and palettes” says Maggie Mahboubian, founder and curator of FRAGments. “However, very few venues exist for these perfumers to present their handcrafted work
An example of a visual title is “The Rose With The Broken Neck”. Just the title conjures up myriad artistic possibilities to bring it to life. Some believe only synthetic perfume is olfactory art .I wish I could make those naysayers sit down in front of The Rose With The Broken Neck, and others of Ms. Balahoutis’ fragrances, and challenge them
Of the first fragrances from Le Labo the one that was the most interesting did in fact have the named note front and center but the other ingredients definitely were there to keep it off balance. This fragrance is Rose 31 by perfumer Daphne Bugey.
An encouraging trend over the last few years has been the reinvigoration of classic perfume houses. One of those success stories is that of English perfume house Grossmith. The new Black Label collection encompasses four new creations: Amelia, Floral Veil, Golden Chypre, and Saffron Rose.
Crabtree & Evelyn was one of the very first companies that caught my attention with their now discontinued Persian Lilac scent. Just as that scent captured the purest essence of the darkest lilac, Somerset Meadow captures an idyllic day spent leisurely roaming the wildflower covered meadows and soft green fields in the late springtime.
