It’s all over the papers and the cable news: the End of the WorldTM as we know it is beginning tomorrow (Saturday, 21 May 2011) at 1800h in your local time zone; with The Rapture. Hush, children. I just relay the news. I don’t make it or write it.What will you be wafting?
Everytime I look for hidden meaning, I often discover (to quote Sigmund Freud) “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. Such is the case with the new release Oud Shamash for The Different Company. M. Duchaufour was so kind as to tell me about its origins in his own words.
There is meaning behind the words “April showers bring May flowers”, its reminder that even the most unpleasant of things, in this case the heavy rains of April, can bring about very enjoyable things indeed – in this case, an abundance of flowers in May the sign of renewal.
Yes it happens to even the most dedicated perfumistos. The“lemmings” leave, you admire the woodwork on your vanity more than the cherished flacons and you pretend you are not at home when the UPS man shows up at your door; you are officially suffering from fragrance fatigue.
My preferred way to wear scent especially during the warmer months, may strike readers as unusual. I wear a few drops of Ormonde Jayne’s paraben-free Bathing Essential Bathing Oil directly on my skin. The champaca flower is sacred to the Hindi god Vishnu, the consort to Lakshmi-the god and goddesses of love!
In the first of a series of fragrances that will center around the main ingredient of Oud (agarwood) The Different Company's first composition by Bertrand Duchaufour is named Oud Shamash. In composing Oud Shamash, Bertrand Duchaufour also uses notes of leather, rum and other resins. Oud Shamash is an "I’ve-succeeded-in-life” scent, which goes against the …
