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.
Neil sternberg brings you an episode of “Joey and Snake’s Virtual Truckstop of Fragrance Fashion” for their Christmas special, lost somewhere in the petabytes of YouTube…..this time it is three Micallef fragrances they are talking about.
Now at the end of the year two of the remaining three are released and they also share some commonality as these are centered on more masculine notes of vetiver for Mon Numero 3 and leather for Mon Numero 4. Both of them seem manlier than the other Mon Numeros.
Like all other big cities, the actual smell of London is of course somewhat different to the postcard ‘strawberries and 5 o’clock tea’- one. It is also very different to the one evocative of the olfactory remembrance of the place, which I suppose will often tend towards a fair bit of nostalgia.
Caron Secret Oud is about The Secret, rather than The Oud. It is really about the stealth of seamlessness.
Mon Numero 3 and 4 by Bertrand Duchaufour for L’Artisan share some commonality as these are centered on more masculine notes of vetiver for Mon Numero 3 and leather for Mon Numero 4.
