NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud
By now, you probaly have made up your mind about oud. When M. Kurkdjian is at his best is when his fragrances challenge you and MFK Oud pushes the envelope
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW A Lab On Fire Sweet Dreams 2003 Thierry Wasser’s “Lost” Fragrance
If you’re a music fan you are well aware of the phenomenon of “finding” lost recordings of musicians. While this is common in the music business we now have an example in the perfume business as A Lab On Fire releases Sweet Dreams 2003. The artist having his “lost” fragrance unearthed is Thierry Wasser.
BELTANE: Seven Perfumes for May Day + Vintage Diorissimo Draw
It was not uncommon for couples to lay in newly plowed fields on Beltane who wanted to conceive. I have selected and briefly review seven perfumes that capture and bring to life these aspects.
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Dita Von Teese: The Quiet Smolder of Seduction + Celebuscent Draw
When I first read that Dita Von Teese was launching a perfume, I was thrilled. This was a celebrity scent I could get behind. The material I read enforced my desire to try the scent, because she refused to produce a standard vanillic fruity-floral.
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Olfactive Studio Lumiere Blanche “The Intensity Of White” + Be the Perfumer Draw
Like the first three Olfactive Studio fragrances before it, Lumiere Blanche, begins with a photograph. Celine Verleure in collaboration with photographer Massimo Vitali and Perfumer Sidonie Lancesseur mesmerizes me.
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Aedes De Venustas EDP: Holy Rhubarb Bertrand!
In 2009 L’Artisan Parfumeur released an Aedes de Venustas fragrance created by Bertrand Duchaufour. Now in 2012 we have another new perfume with the name Aedes de Venustas on the flacon and while L’Artisan is no longer involved; M. Duchaufour is again the perfumer.