New Fragrance: Jovoy Quand? + Jovoy’s “Olfactive Universe Draw” (WOW!!!! $550)
Resurrecting the legacy of Houses of perfumery past. The sleeper in ‘everything old is new again’ perfumery, and one of our personal favorites, is Jovoy Paris
A Tree Grows in Japan: “Tree House Candle” By Byredo
The new candle Tree House was created for Byredo’s Japanese launch at specialty store Adam et Ropé Biotop, Tokyo
What To Wear For The Apocalypse May 21, 2011: The Fashionista Perfumista Survival Guide
It’s all over the papers and the cable news: the End of the WorldTM as we know it is beginning tomorrow (Saturday, 21 May 2011) at 1800h in your local time zone; with The Rapture. Hush, children. I just relay the news. I don’t make it or write it.What will you be wafting?
The Winner of Ormonde Jayne Champaca Bath Oil
Flowers are used to be floated in bowls of water to scent the room, as a fragrant decoration for bridal beds, and for garlands. It is also the flower sacred to the Hindi god Vishnu, the consort to Lakshmi-the god and goddess of love!
Interview with Bertrand Duchaufour: The Different Company “Oud Shamash-Bi Scentuality”
Everytime I look for hidden meaning, I often discover (to quote Sigmund Freud) “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. Such is the case with the new release Oud Shamash for The Different Company. M. Duchaufour was so kind as to tell me about its origins in his own words.
Getting Your Mojo Back: Pop Psychology for the Perfumista
Yes it happens to even the most dedicated perfumistos. The“lemmings” leave, you admire the woodwork on your vanity more than the cherished flacons and you pretend you are not at home when the UPS man shows up at your door; you are officially suffering from fragrance fatigue.