Have you ever listened to “Summertime by Will Smith . Hey its summertime, roll down the windows and party withContributor Sergey Borisov and Managing Editor Mark Behnke as they give out some of their favorite warm-weather fragrances.
Aurelien Guichard has now done three Angel Sunessence fragrances and Dominique Ropion has taken his original Alien and added the two most recent Sunessence versions to that landmark fragrance. Neither of these noses would ever be accused of lacking imagination and the latest 2011 Sunessences show both of them adding memorable riffs to what they have done before.
The question begs: what will they waft?
When Madame Michelyn murmurs “ I DO “ in front of the Divine and family, and forms the French Connection?
When Monsieur Didier –Le-Capable whispers “oui” devant le bon Dieu et tout le monde …hmmm?
I’m sure there are some that would like Guerlain to stand pat and keep to their very successful formula. I’m in the other camp as I have admired the chances M Wasser is taking to try and create a Guerlain for the 21st century.
The fifth Le Elixir Charnel, Floral Romantique, has just been released. The inspiration this time was to be “The Romantic Woman” and in Thierry Wasser’s perfumed vocabulary that means a woody floral. It also means this one is my favorite Le Elixirs Charnels so far.
The wild-crafting of these plants, and their harvesting- ensures “that healthy populations remain in the wild for future generations “, according to Elise Perlstine
