If you went to High School in the US it is very likely Aldous Huxley’s 1931 novel Brave New World made it on to your summer reading list at some point. The idea of a World State tightly controlled and seemingly idyllic until touched by a bit of “savagery” is one of the great novels …
Natural Perfume Editor Ida Meister reviews three of the Brave New Scents in The Natural Perfumers Guild internet project.
The young man suddenly realized that perfumes – said by the Party to smell like All Good Things – smelled like nothing. The old man shook his head.
“Perfumes don’t smell like this any more. They can’t. But they did.”
The young man held up the vial.
“What’s in it?”
“Only natural things.”
I will always remember this line from the colorful and charismatic former mayor of New York (1977-1989), Ed Koch used to ask “How am I Doing” … so in the spirit of Mayor Koch, I ask the question, “How are we doing? LEAVE A COMMENT WE DO WANT TO KNOW
The intensity of Tom Ford Violet Blonde had me hopeful for the two new Tom Ford Private Blends. When I found out that Rodrigo Flores-Roux was behind Jasmin Rouge and Yann Vasnier created Santal Blush hope turned into desire.
Tanja Bochnig is a mother, a renowned fashion model, yoga practitioner and an independent natural perfumer.
I became acquainted with her work through perfumed projects in which she participated this summer, and we began to communicate via Facebook. I was curious to sniff her work, and she was gracious enough to send me samples of seven perfumes.
