Think Gourmands, fruits, vanilla and sweets are for little girls. Think again. gourmands for grown up women and men featuring my favorites and a sweet draw from Luckyscent, indie scents, and Soivohle aka Liz Zorn
When we received the press release for the new fragrance from L’Artisan Parfumeur, Batacuda; the perfumers Karine Vinchon Spehner and Elisabeth Maier wanted to capture the mix of music and caiparinha that is prevalent in some parts of Brazil. Batucada is a style of dance and music marked by its particular fast percussion.
Les Nombres D’Or Oud is my favorite fragrance of 2011, so far. If you had told me that my favorite fragrance this year would be an oud-based fragrance I would’ve thought it unlikely
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it once again, “It ain’t the ingredient, it’s the artist.” Brava Mona di Orio you are proof positive I am right.
Shelley Waddington catapults us into the Caribbean with her perfumed duet, comprised of Nectars des Îles and Vents Ardents.
So, perfume.
I was able to sniff all seven at Elements, under Miriam’s gentle direction.
Each has a story which accompanies the scent- just they way I like it Some of the notes listed sound fanciful- clearly, these fragrances combine both naturals and aromachemicals,
it is not the ingredient that is boring but the lack of imagination which makes it pedestrian. Mona di Orio has created an amazing oud fragrance & she has also created a blueprint on how to make something special out of something overdone. Les Nombres D’Or Oud is my favorite fragrance of 2011, so far 3.3 oz EDP $520 draw!!
