There are two leather chairs downstairs at the Le Labo boutique housed inside Barneys New York. These chairs are slightly angled toward each other, just waiting for two people to sit down and talk, hopefully about perfume, and that’s exactly what Mark Behnke, Managing Editor, Cafleurebon and I did.
The latest Tom Ford Private Blend is called Lavender Palm and it is meant to capture the feel of California. I finally got a chance to try it at the recent Sniffapalooza Spring Fling. What I found was a fragrance which did remind me of California but a specific locale in the Golden State, Palm Springs.
Cincinnati perfumer Liz Zorn of Soivohle has revamped and relaunched her Studio Collection, adding three new scents to the line: Wild Ginger Chai, Lilas et Narcissus, and Rosa Sur Reuse. I am pleased to have been given the opportunity to sample and review the new fragrances.
Creative Director of Amouage Christopher Chong wanted Beloved to evoke “the elegance and complexity of the modern woman: strong, empowered, animated, in control.” This was the charge given to perfumer Bernard Ellena.
My mom is not your typical mother. Despite her “gender bending” choices for occupations and style of dress, she has always been rather feminine, as you will read by her choices for fragrances.
The newest fragrance from Humiecki & Graef, Candour, is all about the human connection a caress brings and the perfume team called Les Christophs (Christoph Hornetz and Christophe Laudamiel) truly create a very good work.
