A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR : Keep Natural Fragrance Alive! Take a Lesson from Clorox

The trend for green is seeing red. Red ink…. Americans love to say they are eco-consciousness, but they are more dollar conscious, according to today’s New York Times Business section. So what does that have to do with natural fragrances Two leaders in Natural Perfumery admit that they worry that too many new natural fragrances created by anyoen with a rose garden will hurt not help their Art

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A Fragrance for CaFleurebon’s Birthday: Dawn Spencer-Hurwitz “Lautrec”

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz created a perfume for EIC Michelyn Camen and CaFleureBon’s first birthday. The visual inspiration she chose was a painting by Toulouse-Lautrec, “Woman With Black Boa” and a black opal and sapphire ring. What struck me about both of these pieces is they are beautiful on a surface level but if you take the time to experience them and live with them a bit there is a whole other level underneath that surface beauty. The name of the fragrance Ms. Hurwitz created was Lautrec.

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