Laurice Rahme has managed to find some of the best perfumers to work under her creative direction. In 2005 she found a rising star in Aurelien Guichard and gave him the task of interpreting Bond No. 9 Chinatown.
I met the majordomo of Jovoy, Francois Henin, and as we talked he told me to experience the two newest additions, Rouge Assassin and Les Jeux sont Faits. I found both to be excellent neo-vintage perfumes.
When I received each of the new Adam Levine fragrances for Men and for Women. I expected to spray them on and consign them to the large graveyard of other celebrity fragrances. Instead perfumer Yann Vasnier has continued his mainstream winning ways by embracing his niche roots.
The staff of CaFleureBon believe a sexy perfume seduces, either with a whisper or a shout, smolders and kindles desire. Histoires de Parfums, Parfumerie Generale, Ineke, Etat Libre D’Orange,Spadaro, Nasreen and Vero Kern have us hanging out the DO NOT DISTURB SIGN.
Many perfumes attempt to capture the feeling of love. Many, I am sad to say, miss the mark. A relative newcomer Mercedes Ganon and her first release Jus d’Amour does its name justice.
The perfumer Juliet Stewart works with on her Juliet fragrances Lorenzo Dante Ferro enjoyed taking what is a modern floriental Eau de Parfum which is more floral than oriental and switching it up for the Juliet Extrait making it more oriental than floral.
