BRAVE NEW SCENTS: A Natural Perfumers Guild Project: “Avalon, Carmine, and Enchant” by Ida Meister + Draw
Natural Perfume Editor Ida Meister reviews three of the Brave New Scents in The Natural Perfumers Guild internet project.
BRAVE NEW SCENTS A Natural Perfumers Guild Project: “Duty Free” by Neil Sternberg + Draw
The young man suddenly realized that perfumes – said by the Party to smell like All Good Things – smelled like nothing. The old man shook his head.
“Perfumes don’t smell like this any more. They can’t. But they did.”
The young man held up the vial.
“What’s in it?”
“Only natural things.”
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Tom Ford Private Blend Jasmin Rouge & Tom Ford Private Blend Santal Blush: “BAD Boys”
The intensity of Tom Ford Violet Blonde had me hopeful for the two new Tom Ford Private Blends. When I found out that Rodrigo Flores-Roux was behind Jasmin Rouge and Yann Vasnier created Santal Blush hope turned into desire.
The Winner of Belle Fleur Room With a Scent Draw
I think it is that sense of realism in these room fragrances that makes them so interesting to me. Everytime I sprayed one in my environment it felt as if a fresh bouquet of flowers had been placed in my room
Tanja Bochnig’s April Aromatics: “Truth and Beauty “+ Reader’s Choice Draw
Tanja Bochnig is a mother, a renowned fashion model, yoga practitioner and an independent natural perfumer.
I became acquainted with her work through perfumed projects in which she participated this summer, and we began to communicate via Facebook. I was curious to sniff her work, and she was gracious enough to send me samples of seven perfumes.
The Winner of the Mystery Sample of Mon Numero Bertrand Duchaufour for L’Artisan Parfumeur
These five entries come from his long-standing tenure as L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Perfumer in Residence. He created stand-alone bottles called Mon Numeros back in 2009. At that time there was only one bottle of each