Still far away from Winter holiday season, I won’t want a vanilla that is boozy, sweet, and redolent of scraping out a vanilla pod for my holiday baking. I want a Perfect Vanilla, by Sarah Horowitz-Thran, for a Fall day that would somehow remind me of a scary story which ended well.
When pondering what to write about, for Halloween, it was a “no brainer”. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (or BPAL to its fans and fanatics) was the winner, hands down. BPAL has created scents that glorify literature, the gothic era, mythology and everything from love to death.
I have been intrigued with Odin as a perfume line for some time. The stark, dark bottles always seem so masculine, that I’m not sure I’m allowed to wear the perfume inside. In the last month, they released the seventh and eighth scents in the line, 08 Seylon, and 09 Posala. Fortunately, I have found that the perfumes are wearable by any gender.
Fashion designer and last year’s Indie top five FIFI finalist, Sara Carner of Carna Barcelona introduces RIMA XI Eau de Parfum, an intense floral spicy perfume inspired by the 19th Century Spanish poet GA Bécquer
I know that Tanja Bochnig has her own story about the inspiration for her new fragrance Calling All Angels, but by the thought of angels and Berlin, I couldn’t help but to think of the iconic 1987 film ‘Der Himmel über Berlin’ by Wim Wenders.
It has been a while since the house of Houbigant, famous for the original Chantilly and Quelques Fleurs, has released a new fragrance aimed to the feminine market. Now they have added to the line with a perfume based on orange blossom by perfumer Jacques Flori, called Orangers en Fleurs.
