A good friend of mine once told me that all PG perfumes could be described as two separate groups: “Pierre Dreams of Happiness” and “Pierre Dreams of Sweets”. Seems like Praline de Santal unites those groups into one big “Sweet Dream”.
Until I came to write this piece, I was under the mistaken impression that Jasmal was created as a wedding scent for Grace Kelly.Creed Jasmal was created for Natalie Wood.
Cocoa Tuberose.
The name alone conjures images of conjugal relations between the dark and the divine, no?
Earthy, heady, dangerous.
Perhaps no other flower used in perfumery has been so maligned. Violets? Not an easy flower to love. Marie Antoinette loved violets ; she lost her head. Annelie and Michelyn collaborate February’s birthday flower. Enter our draw for CdG Stephen Jones, Calé Fragranze d’Autore, Brezza di Seta and Annelie’s Egyptian violet
Sombre Negra ( black shadow )– a foray into the obscure subconscious. Once lodged, it lingers and like the art of Frida Khalo awakens distant memories, hypnotic. The video “Anatomy of Change” featuring music by Lady Gaga hits the mark
In these days of increasingly senior moments, birthdays are one of the few things I don’t forget. My encyclopaedic recall of these dates is a popular party trick, But I put alot of stock in the year I was born in 1959, the same year Jasmal was created for the actress Natalie Wood
