It’s kind of a blur what came first, wanting to write about By Kilian Sweet Redemption, or my interest in Angel Falls aka Churún-Vená in Venezuela – for these two worlds continue to collide and settle in my mind’s eye.
Cardamom is known as the Queen of Spices …Why? Perhaps it associated with Queens. Cleopatra burned cardamon incense whenever Mark Antony visited. Its been used in perfumery for thousands of years for its sexual powers.
Was that a periodic table of elements perfume? I was intrigued and so I sent off to the company, nu_be, to get more information. These were not fragrances to be dismissed as perfumers Antoine Lie, Francoise Caron, Sylvie Fischer, and Nicolas Bonneville were the perfumers behind Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Oxygen, and Carbon.
One day I gravitated toward a pretty bottle with a frosted bas-relief figure of a long-haired woman with lots of flowing drapery all over the bottle. The name, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Secrete Datura, was also intriguing.
The Diary of A Nose is the journal of a year in the life of Hermes’s in house perfumer, Jean Claude Ellena. His writing is a study in simpl-exity; rather than focusing on daily activities; each entry reveals his thoughts on subjects that matter to him.We have one advance copy as a draw.
Cocoa Sandalwood is the first release in her Sonoma Naturals line for Sonoma Scent Studio. Ms. Erickson’s goal is to produce a 100% natural eau de parfum line that “highlights gorgeous natural materials in their purest form.”
