Azman Killer Vavoom open with a bang! The initial blast of decadent chocolate is a surprising, sizzling and explosive launch to the scent and the combination with deep, rich plum is an incredible sensation.
Montabaco Verano by Ormonde Jayne to the back of my hand and carefully study the bright azure blue bottle with its transition to a dramatic golden hue in the base and silver cap, my mind swirls and I envisage three distinct thoughts that roll into one. The painting, ‘A Bigger Splash’ by David Hockney, the hill town of Matera in the most recent James Bond film ‘No Time to Die’ and the background music of Maluma’s ‘Felices Los 4’.
Thai perfumer Nutt Wesshasartat, who had been on Husen Baba’s radar for some time, was chosen for I Am Darkness because of his facility with white florals, including a key element of AZAMAN Perfumes I Am Darkness, frangipani flower, which is native to Thailand. I Am Darkness is a beautiful incense fragrance built, unconventionally, on a chypre structure.
Navitus, the name which means “Energy and Passion in Latin, also has the guidance of creative directors who are perfume lovers. With over 30 fragrances in their catalog CaFleureBon Video Contributor, Steven Gavrielatos has been the creative director for 13.
Exaltatum By Serpentine is one of those fragrances where the listed notes are only a small part of the story. There is so much more going on with this scent than what meets the eye.
Floridly ebullient rose fragrances are plentiful and easily found – but an audacious, challenging-to-encapsulate rose is an aromatic rarity, and Atelier Materi Rose Ardoise falls into that select category.
