The Winner of the Beach in Winter Draw
I wanted lush, sultry, sexy, tropical. Coconut Milk seemed to be everywhere, and I adore it – my goal was to capture the lushness of a tropical escape-Sarah Horowitz Thran
A Dream, Life, Joy, and Love: The Odes of Yves Rocher
An ode is a poem or prose that sings the praises of someone or something. In the early years of the twenty first century Yves Rocher released four perfumes (and a few flankers) that were truly above and beyond the quality and style of most direct marketing companies and attempted to capture these four very intangible ideals.
The Winner of the Twenty Questions Draw
Gerald Ghislain has released a new three fragrance series under his Histoires de Parfums label called Edition Rare…Ambrarem, Rosem and Petroleum
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW: Opus Oils Eau Pear Tingle: Can Anosmics Be Perfumistas? Kedra Hart Says Yes!
Acclaimed writer Michelle Krell Kydd, who has a dear friend losing her sense of smell due to illness, requested that a scent be created that could be experienced by anosmics. Perfumer Kedra Hart of Opus Oils responded, out of love for her anosmic mother, with Eau Pear Tingle.
The Winner of The Star Struck Draw
Naughty and irreverent, yet whimsical and endearing, this whispers sweet but shouts sexy.
NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW By Kilian Amber Oud + Sweet Emotion Draw
Calice Becker has been exploring oud through the Arabian Nights Collection for Kilian Henessy’s By Kilian perfume line. She has taken us from Pure Oud which is exactly as advertised, to Rose Oud which sets off the oud with a dewy rose, to last year’s oud accord or “oud without any oud” in Incense Oud. For the fourth exploration of oud Mme Becker has chosen amber as the dancing partner in Amber Oud.