New Niche Perfume Review: Aftelier Perfumes Cuir de Gardenia – The Most Opulent Flower + Sample Draw
Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes has taken a rare tiare gardenia absolute and created an evocative and beautiful natural fragrance.
New Niche Perfumes: Parfumerie Generale Cozé Verdé, Arabian Horse and Vetiver Matale -Collection Signature Debuts
Parfumerie Generale has introduced “Collection Signature”, a chosen selection of Parfumerie Generale fragrances, each a new interpretation with new emotions. Pierre Guillaume debuts Cozé Verdé, Arabian Horse and Vetiver Matale which revisit COZE 02, Venenum Leather 03 and Hyperessence Matale 12 and L’Eau Rare Metale 06.
CaFleureBon Modern Masterpieces: Escentric Molecules Molecule 01- Chemistry In a Bottle
Escentric Molecules releases a pair of fragrances for each edition. Molecule focuses on a specific synthetic ingredient. Escentric is a complete fragrance with that ingredient added in overdose with other notes around it. Molecule 01 was a particular milestone because the first ingredient to get this treatment was Iso E Super.
New Niche Fragrance Review: Erik Kormann Eau de Froeliche No. 3- The Exercise Ends
If as the saying goes all good things must come to an end Erik Kormann Eau de Froeliche No. 3 has brought this experiment begun with No. 1 in 2011 to a very good end indeed.
New Natural Fragrance Review: A Wing & A Prayer SkyDancer + Chang’e And Hou Yi’s Immortal Dance Perfume Draw
The moon goddess has always taken a lover. Selene had Endymion and Chang’e had Hou Yi. Jane Cate of A Wing & A Prayer introduces SkyDancer, a natural perfume that marries osmanthus to wood and saffron.
The 25 Best Fragrances of 2013 (and 12 Honorable Mentions) + Top 5 Perfume Draw
CaFleureBon Managing Editor Mark Behnke’s Top 25 New Perfumes of 2013 include Artisan, Niche, Mainstream and Natural Perfumes. Our draw is for one of the Top Five fragrances he chose as Best of Scent 2014