Once again we have what I reluctantly call ‘spilt perfume’. I use the term for the winners of fragrance draws, (all with deadlines) that don’t use our Rss feature , follow us daily or know that we announce our Draw Winners on FaceBook
When a perfumer uses high-quality ingredients there is a better than average chance for something very good to result. For the new Penhaligon’s Juniper Sling the fragrant mixologist called upon to create this new perfume is Olivier Cresp. M Cresp was tasked to pay homage to London Dry Gin and the early going of Juniper Sling is all about serving that up straight out of a cocktail shaker.
For the tenth Hermessence fragrance Jean-Claude Ellena chose to mix two woods one very familiar in sandalwood and one not so familiar in massoia. Santal Massoia explores all of the nuances around a common chemical component in many perfumes, lactones.
You can imagine how thrilled I was when she asked me to do her online fragrance journey: Sarah was going to custom blend samples for me, based on my answers – There is only the one bottle of this precious elixir in existence in the world.
Monsillage is the Montreal-based perfumery of perfumer Isabelle Michaud. This house is one of my most pleasant discoveries of 2011. One of our loyal readers sent me samples of the first four fragrances by Mme Michasud and Aviation Club was my favorite of those first four. After that review published Mme Michaud asked me if I would like to try her newest perfume Vol 870 YUL-CDG.
Attimo L’Eau Florale was created by Annick Menardo (Bvlgari Black, Le Labo Patchouli 24, Guerlain Bois d’Incense, Ms. Menardo more recently collaborated on Jean Paul Gaultier’s Kokorico) and Jean Pierre Bethourt of Firmenich.
