Considered aphrodisiac by many societies and an important ingredient of many comfort foods, from ice cream to home-made cookies, vanilla and chocolate are important fragrance ingredients especially during the winter months.So let’s get busy with ten draw prizes
As the end of the year arrives it is time to look back over all that the last twelve months have produced and list the best of the year. In 2011, I tested 471 new releases and reviewed 207 of them. Even those numbers didn’t allow me to test half of the new releases for the year. The fast and furious nature of these releases makes it difficult for anyone to truly have a handle on everything that came out in any given year. That being said out of those new fragrances I did try there were some pretty amazing releases.
Dimanche means Sunday in French and Ms. Balahoutis went for a bright floral gourmand natural fragrance which evokes a sunny day in the garden
Jessica September tiptoes down venerably ancient streets under night’s cloak surrounded by heady nocturnal -blooming flowers.
Those opulent blossoms which perfume the daylight hours linger with a ghostly beauty
Alexandra Balahoutis is one of the most talented natural perfumers because she is uncompromising in using natural ingredients to realize her vision. Early in the year Ms. Balahoutis released a very limited edition named Dimanche.
Jessica September Buchanan‘s newest fragrant offspring is a 100 % botanical one.
Narcotic Flowers is her tender homage to the city of Grasse which is so thoroughly steeped in perfume history.
