Quintis Sandalwood, in partnership with the American Society of Perfumers, is launching a global competition for perfumers of all experience, inviting them to reimage the ancient botanical of Indian sandalwood within a fragrance, using it as their muse.
Basilica by Milano Fragranze surpasses its original intent of recreating a quintessentially Milanese experience and becomes a fragrance with a more universal message. Incense fans will love it.
Ex Nihilo Explicite is a fascinating play of contrasts; a calibrated structure of gourmand creaminess balanced with the narcotic flowers. Don’t be deceived by the soft opening of this fragrance. It promises to be sweet and comforting, but there are teeth hidden underneath that pretty pink smile, and she will sink those sharp fangs into your flesh without the slightest remorse.
Montale Dark Vanilla has proven to be unlike any other in the line. This one is a dark horse galloping through the clouds of Cambodian oud. A deep sensual aroma is so seductive, you feel intoxicated by its intensity and depth.
Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Pangolin Violette Rose is quite simply Sumptuous. It is a brilliant example of what is possible when impossibly beautiful materials are utilized in perfumery: Nature’s glory.
Shawn Maher celebrates the great Fair – the largest and most expensive ever dreamt up – with Chatillon Lux 1904, that parades vibrant, contrasting notes like an array of fairground attractions, setting burnished, pungent coffee and creamy woods against zingy fruit notes, all wrapped up in a flowery jasmine bow.
