“Colognes are a source of wellbeing and pleasure , nowadays they are seen as intimate perfume, filling the need for refinement and sensuality that we feel in ourselves and about ourselves.The are classic, original and sometimes surprising… and I have created them to be lived rather than to be worn”- Jean-Claude Ellena
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.
March 24, 2013 artisan perfumers and perfume lovers gathered for a day of scent and discovery in San Francisco. The results of the Second Artisan Frangrance Awards are in:
Pampadour is the sponsor the Fragrance Foundation Awards 2013 Finalist Breakfast, where this year’s finalists will be announced and they will present Fragrance Foundation Awards in four categories, Editorial, Technological, Interior Scent and Bath & Body line
