Aftelier Perfumes Joie de Vert 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.
Tanja Bochnig, award winning founder and natural perfumer, explains that while she typically wants to project a deeper story and message with her creations, with this one, she wanted to keep things a little lighter for a change. Wild Summer Crush by April Aromatics is just that, an ode to the memory of an encounter she had on a hot, sultry summer night in the fruit orchards of southern Italy.
The notes of grapefruit, mandarin, yuzu and fruit peels in April Aromatics Wild Summer Crush by Tanja Bochnig are as realistic as taking a bite out of the freshly plucked fruit itself. This is not a passing light citrus that leaves you longing for more, this is a dense, lush mix of citrus fruits including the juice, flesh and skins. If, like me, you love citrus in perfume but not how fleeting the notes typically are, this is a scent you must try. This masterful blend defies the common misconception that natural perfumes are fleeting and unnuanced.
Hermetica FigFever unites a fun, sweet-fruity wave with modish, powdery florals and woody notes to mirror the feeling of hot sun and cool shade on skin, like going from a sunny garden to the shade between Panama City skyscrapers downtown.
DSH Perfumes Le Sazerac is Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s holiday offering for 2021: if we ever needed jollity, the time is now. Le Sazerac is a blowsy, boozy all-natural fragrance inspired by (and named after) the famous Old New Orleans cocktail.
Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Pangolin Violette Rose is quite simply Sumptuous. It is a brilliant example of what is possible when impossibly beautiful materials are utilized in perfumery: Nature’s glory.
