Wearing Mélange by Esscentual Alchemy I imagine myself as Satine in Moulin Rouge…replete with ivory cigarette holder, black lace ensemble and flower bedecked swing, high above my adoring crowd…singing at least as well as Nicole Kidman and pouting almost as fabulously.
I asked Ambrosia Jones of Perfume by Nature to give us a peek into her creative process as she developed Craving for the Natural Perfumer’s Guild Mystery of Musk Project.
“Musk to me has always been about craving…it is about longing and animal passion….real, animal, natural….which is why “Craving” had to contain real scents, notes that reminded me of things I loved and craved myself….I didn’t want to create a clever perfume, I wanted to create a scent that made people feel passionate…It’s about smells I love, smells that make me feel happy, sexy, satiated….”
From first sniff, the quality of materials was apparent, as if no expense had been spared. This was clearly NOT going to be a timorous, powdery musk. If the submission of Graines de Paradis by Sharini is a portent of things to come, the future of natural perfumery looks pretty damn sweet. Its the real thing!
You enter my muscles and cells coiled like a serpentine swell,
then unfurl to release the froth of my own musk-scented core.
Even the sheets become an ocean of musk that we ride until
night drops, heaving our bodies to shore and devouring us both
Comparisons between lovers of wine and perfume seem like natural matches. Both sets of aficionados rely on their sense of smell as part of the appreciation of their respective passions.
I’ve probably written well over 500 reviews at this point in my perusal of perfumes and most of the time when I write about them I am able to turn a dispassionate critical eye towards them. Then there are the rare fragrances that hit me so deeply in a memory and do such a good …
