Rogue Perfumery Derviche II Winner
Manuel Cross has brought an incredible amount of creative license to Rogue Perfumery Derviche II. His aim is to take us down the rabbit hole of artistic perfumery. I consider this achieved
10 Best Mother’s Day Perfumes 2022 +Celebrating Mom Draw
Our 10 Best Mother’s Day Perfumes 2022 are dedicated to all mothers and the maternal women who shaped our lives, and to those who live on in our memories.
Aftelier Perfumes Cepes and Tuberose Winner
Aftelier Perfumes Cepes and Tuberose, created by award winning natural perfumer Mandy Aftel in 2003 is an olfactory epiphany.
Voskanian Parfums Pêche Chyprée (Tsovak Voskanian) 2021 + “colorised memory” giveaway
Voskanian Parfums Pêche Chyprée smells like a perfect memory of a peach, like a black and white photo that has been scanned hi-res, added into a photoshop worksheet, and masterfully and painstakingly detailed colored back to life, its re-constructed memory being thousand times more beautiful than the original model.
Christèle Jacquemin Underworld Review (Christele Jacquemin) + Breaking from Darkness Into Light Draw
Christèle Jacquemin Underworld is an arrestingly lovely, spicy incense perfume with deliciously quirky notes inspired by by photographs Jacquemin took during frequent trips between Barcelona where she was living and Paris. When she left Spain, her home of 17 years, to pursue perfumery in France, the period of transition left her “between shadows and lights.” She then “worked to translate this feeling of intertwined fears and hopes into a scent.
Top 10 Green Fragrances 2022 + St. Patrick’s Day Draw
Green Fragrances can be leafy, grassy scents that immediately bring to mind the beauty of nature, walks in the forest or through a garden. Green Fragrances can be herbal, floral, fresh, fruity, leafy, citrus and aromatic and often feature basil, oakmoss, cardamom, vetiver and mint. There must be 50 shades that evoke green fragrances from the palest yellow green to the deepest forest green.