Why did so many Precious Perfume Prizes go unclaimed? Full Bottles of Honore Des Pres, Nasomatto, Byredo, Etat Libre D’Orange, INeKE, DSH Perfumes, Six Scents and more.
The Pink Room was a ‘Secret Boudoir’ where people from all over world would come and say they wanted it to be their bedroom! Princess Anne came for tea and to honour me as a designer
1999’s Chanel Allure Homme is still one of my favorite men’s mainstream fragrances. I was split on the two subsequent flankers Allure Homme Sport and Allure Homme Edition Blanche. Now the third flanker is here which seems to be a flanker of a flanker; Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme.
Parfumerie Generale celebrates its 10th year anniverary with a limited edition scent that is a “reworking” of Perfumer Pierre Guillaume’s 2006 floral chypre- Corps et Ames.Since April is poetry month, it could easily be the scent of Helen of Troy
Ineke’s Gilded Lily with its red box and decidedly anime-like Japanese esthetic in the art is a beautiful transparent still life with lilies and fruit
Last year I was introduced to the scents of Jane Cate, of A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes, who was awarded the title of Rising Star in Natural Perfumery 2011 by CaFleureBon. What I like about Jane’s fragrances is that although they are definitely natural, they are an embodiment of Nature herself.
