The parallels between Orientlist art and perfume really crystallized for me as I wore the two new oud fragrances from Parfums de Nicolai Amber Oud and Rose Oud. These felt like Orientalist perfumes to me as I wore them.
Cognoscenti is defined by the company’s website as persons with superior knowledge, usually specialized or highly refined tastes the new release No. 8 show it pays to be in the know.
For the latest Robert Piguet release it is once again simplicity which leads to something special. Joe Garces realized there wasn’t a rose centered fragrance within the Robert Piguet collection. By asking that question of perfumer Aurelien Guichard Rose Perfection de Robert Piguet resulted
The latest release from Jean-Claude Ellena for Hermes as part of the Hermessence line is called Epice Marine and it is a co-creation between M. Ellena and renowned chef Olivier Roellinger.
As I surveyed Twisted Lily there was a grouping of fourteen bottles I didn’t recognize. I asked what these were and was informed the line was called Maison Dorin. There were four which grabbed my attention: Un Air de Paris Spicy, Un Air de Damas Fullah, Un Air D’Arabie Ambre, and Un Air D’Amour Pour Monsieur.
Jane Cate of A Wing & A Prayer creates some of the most beautifully sheer yet tenacious and evanescent scents I have had the pleasure of sniffing. The newest two, Kismet and Holly wOUD & Vine, are no exception.
