New Niche Fragrance Review: Diptyque Eau Moheli- Ylang-Ylang Redux
For the summer release of 2013 Diptyque chose to go with ylang-ylang as the floral in the middle and to commission perfumer Olivier Pescheux to create Eau Moheli.
New Niche Perfume: Penhaligon’s Vaara “Bertrand Duchaufour, The Maharaja and Jodhpur”
Master Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour is back with his first perfume for Penhaligon’s since Sartorial (2010) with a new fragrance for the venerable British House named Vaara
Niche Fragrance Reviews: Hayari Parfums Paris Broderie, Goldy & Only for Her + Couture Makes A Comeback Full Bottle Draw
The fashion House of Hayari-Paris was started in 2009 by Nabil Hayari, releasing designs that were meant to reflect the glamour of Hollywood. These three fragrances; Goldy, Broderie, and Only for Her, are Hayari’s first foray into perfumes, and they sparkle and shine with the same luxury and beauty as their dress and fashion designs
Designer Jonathan Joseph Peters & Providence Perfume Co. Launch Mousseline Pêche Perfume + A Fashionable Fragrance Draw
Charna Ethier and Fashion designer Jonathan Joseph Peters (of Project Runway fame) co- created his first perfume inspired by his summer collection. Mousseline Pêche A special front row preview draw
Niche Fragrance Review: Amouage Fate Man & Fate Woman- Olfactory Entropy (UPDATED 6/12)
When I received the new pair of fragrances from Amouage called Fate Man and Fate Woman, after spraying them on, I was reminded of entropy. The Creative Director at Amouage, Christopher Chong, is also thinking about the way things fall apart as he describes this pair of fragrances as “the end of the first cycle of the Amouage narrative”.
New Fragrance Review: Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena by Ralf Schwieger- Gold, Blue, and Grey
Sometimes a fragrance is so exquisite and uniquely itself that my desire to rush in and write about it comes to a delightful pause and I get to live with the fragrance in a kind of suspended time, waiting to see where it will take me, and that’s exactly how Aedes de Venustas Iris Nazarena revealed itself.