As Creative Director of Shay & Blue understanding the achievements of the great perfume masterpieces of the past is key– so that you can then reinvent them for the the modern world. Great artists and writers have always known this. You must understand the genius in past achievements before you can move forward.
The most recent perfumer to take on muguet is Jerome Epinette in the new fragrance for Byredo called Inflorescence. In a note he said, Inflorescence is “the interpretation of a muguet, greener, fresher and more stylized than the real one.”
Azzaro Paris had, until last year, never released any seasonal flankers for one of their most popular releases ever: 1996’s Chrome. Somehow Chrome Summer Edition 2013 manages to shine and sparkle like summertime but pays all due homage to the original.
The mixture of the artistic side, the business side, and the consumers really make Esxence unique as no matter which group you fall into you have the opportunity to learn and talk with the other two groups.
For those readers who have been following Managing Editor Mark Behnke’s obsession with the collaboration between Parfums M. Micallef and Denis Durand, we can all exhale…
Nomaterra founder Agnieska Burnett’s lifelong journeys around the globe have inspired her to bring to life, in perfumed form, places that have touched her or have sentimental significance. Miami, East Hampton , and Washington DC are the first three.
