Maison Crivelli Hibiscus Mahajad Review (Quentin Bisch) 2021 + Ruby Red Tea Draw

November 6, 2021November 16, 2021

Maison Crivelli Hibiscus Mahajad is Thibaud Crivelli’s memory of the gemstone market brought to life through the skill of Givaudan Perfumer Quentin Bisch. It is the first extrait de parfum in the Crivelli collection and uses ORPUR natural perfume ingredients Hibiscus Mahajad is a wicked blend of ruby rose and hibiscus tea, crushed pomegranate seeds bleeding its red-hot juice over zesty mint and cinnamon sticks

Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Dans Tes Bras (Maurice Roucel), En Passant (Olivia Giacobetti) and Le Parfum de Therese (Edmond Roudnitska) + The 3 You Should be Wearing Draw

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

In the 21 years since M. Frederic Malle showed the fragrance world how independent perfumery is done — hire the best, give complete artistic freedom to your perfumers, sign their names to each bottle and produce elegant, exceptionally high quality works housed in elegant, simple, eloquently branded bottles – Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle has remained a touchstone of creative perfumery. While the brand was sold to Estee Lauder in 2015, artistic control was, and is, maintained by M. Malle, and continues to produce some of the most gorgeous fragrances on the planet. Three of the best Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle are Le Parfum de Therese, En Passant and Dan Tes Bras

Quintis Launches “Sandalwood Reimagined” Competition for Perfumers Worldwide

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

Quintis Sandalwood, in partnership with the American Society of Perfumers, is launching a global competition for perfumers of all experience, inviting them to reimage the ancient botanical of Indian sandalwood within a fragrance, using it as their muse.

1986 Éclectique by Les Bains Guerbois Winner

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

1986 Éclectique by Les Bains Guerbois is par excellence a festive fragrance with a composition of great richness: luminous, joyful and bewitching, it is worn boldly on the skin, without shyness. Ultra-sensual, it is a formidable weapon of seduction with an incredible hold that leaves no one indifferent, and especially not those who wear it. It is delightful to trace Bertrand Duchafour’s creative hand, whose scents can be true love potions and a beautiful tribute from Les Bains Guerbois to the mythical Marilyn, now sanctified in the bottle.

Rogue Perfumery Bon Monsieur Review (Manuel Cross) + A Fragrance for James Bond’s Day off Draw

October 23, 2021October 24, 2021

Rogue Perfumery Bon Monsieur is sophisticated, yet spirited. It’s adventurous and elegant, yet surprisingly relaxed—like James Bond on his day off. I’ll be the first to say that perfume is genderless, but Rogue Perfumery Bon Monsieur is unabashedly a gentleman’s fragrance. Moreover, it’s a fragrance that a gentleman would want others, perhaps his children, to associate with him.

INITIO Parfums Oud for Happiness Winner

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

INITIO Parfums Oud for Happiness has a dry-down that makes me think of Pfeffernusset, a traditional Christmas cookie in Germany, and a popular delicacy in Denmark and The Netherlands. The recipe calls for molasses, pepper, anise, and other seasonal spices. These cookies are chewy and coated in confectioners’ sugar. Biting into the soft, warm dough feels like the fragrance’s base, the delicate whiff of vanilla wrapping the whole structure with its sensual aroma. Perhaps another bite, another puff, and one more spritz. Inhale…exhale and I’m ready to call it a night and drift away into the land of pleasure.