She reached into her purse and brought out a lab sample and asked me if this was what I was talking about. From the moment she placed a dab on my skin, I kept sniffing it; and realized this was exactly what I meant. Cologne architecture using bold heady notes. That day back in April this fragrance didn’t have a name. Today it is the brand-new seventh Atelier Cologne release Ambre Nue by perfumer Ralf Schweiger.
In 1992 perfume history was made. Perfumers Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin collaborated on and Parfums Mugler released what would become one of the best-selling perfumes in the world. A polarizing scent people (usually) either love or hate. We have a draw for the EDP
When I played twenty questions as a kid the first part of the game was to identify whether the object being described was Animal, Vegetable or Mineral. Gerald Ghislain has released a new three fragrance series under his Histoires de Parfums label called Edition Rare, Ambrarem, rosam, and Petroleum. In this game of fragrant twenty questions M Ghislain uses oud to interrogate three different compositions and come up with the appropriate answer.
In Part 2 of CaFleureBon’s Favorite Winter Fragrances we let the men of CaFleureBon have their chance to help you make it through the night with ten of their choices.
One of my favorite ongoing collections is that being done by Mathilde Laurent, the in-house perfumer for Cartier. It is called the Les Heures de Cartier and in what will be an eventual 13-fragrance collection the ninth entry has just been released. Mme Laurent is not going in order and she is skipping around the clockface as she releases each one. This one represents II and is called L’Heure Convoiteé (The Coveted Hour).
Caron Royal Bain de Champagne which was created in 1941 by Ernest Daltroff. It was created not only as an EDT but to be poured into one’s bath water to truly create a Royal Bain.
