Roxana Villa’s Illuminated The Green Knight inspires awe and sylvan reverence. She has employed every essential oil, co2 distillate, absolute and tincture imaginable in her pursuit of the larger-than-life Arthurian legend. The result is an exquisite verdant fragrance
Days are short and nights are long; winter is the perfect time to cozy up with a wonderfully warming scent. Here are ten of the best winter perfumes for 22, all from indie companies
Parfumeurs du Monde co-founder Thierry Bernard (and a perfumer) has already created three fragrances for his brand. With Parfumeurs du Monde Les Larmes d’Aden (Aden Tears), we are going on a trip to the port of Aden, in the South of Yemen, a place of important trade exchanges since Antiquity, strategically placed between Africa, India and Europe. For Parfumeurs du Monde Petite Fumée (Little Smoke), Bertrand Duchafour’s inspiration came from a novel written by Carlos Castaneda
Phoenix Botanicals Water Nymph by Irina Adam is hypnotically, strangely beautiful and completely its own fanciful creature brought to life in a photorealistic sense.
Aftelier Joie de Vert, composed by award winning natural perfumer Mandy Aftel is akin to being lured into the forest initially by the song of the woodthrush, only to discover that it has flown and now you are being serenaded by the owl as daylight retires.
Parfumeurs du Monde Petite Fumée by Bertrand Duchaufour was inspired by the Book the Teachings of Don Juan and is new to the brand. Les Larmes d’Aden by brand founder and perfumer, Thierry Bernard, puts Incense is at the center chose to reproduce as faithfully as possible the Temple of Jerusalem Ketoret incense, rich in 11 ingredients, for some almost impossible to find.
