By TomToday is V-day. I don’t care for V-day. It seems designed to make everyone crazy. There were people making handbrake turns on Beverly Blvd. to get to the couple selling ratty bouquets and sad balloon arrangements. Which made me think about the reception the men would get upon arrival. I mean, really, ladies and gents, if your sig other was at sixes and sevens or completely skint,
By MarlaAs some of you may know, I went from being a perfumista to a dedicated DIYer about two years ago, and have been avidly encouraging all budding Perfumers to go forth and create lovely, peculiar, and amazing smells ever since. I’ve also been exchanging creations with a number of other DIYers, and have been particularly enchanted with the works of Teresa Csorba, an American Perfume fanatic/
By Donna When the house of Pierre Balmain released Ambre Gris in late 2008, it got a lot of press - and a lot of hype as well. After its recent missteps (Balmya, the disappointing Jolie Madame and Vent Vert reformulations, and La Môme for many) the house needed a big hit, and it got one with Ambre Gris, which was composed by the young Givaudan Perfumer Guillaume Flavigny, who also did La Môme. It
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By TomAt PST both Colombina and I are huge fans of Perfumers Vero Kern’s fragrances. They’re beautiful, rich, full-on fragrances yet they aren’t in any way retro or trying-too-hard-to-be-cutting-edge. I had heard that she was working on EdP versions of these signature scents and when she offered to let me try them I jumped at the chance.In an email she wrote:The Eaux need a different structure
Sasha Varon Luxe Parfums is behind Soulgasm, the first of what seems a new line of perfumes self-positioning into niche territory. The main factor that I was interested in trying it was that part of the proceeds for each sale of Soulgasm goes to the charity Vitamin Angels.Vitamin Angels reduces child mortality by connecting infants and children under five with vital nutrients, especially vitamin
…for the Tonka Imperiale is The Duke of Pall Mall. Please email me using the email on the Contact page with a shipping address so I can send this to you immediately.Thanks for playing along everyone so enthusiastically and till the next one.
Chanel is taking their bestselling Chance perfume and giving it another spin after their first flanker Chance Eau Fraiche, this time calling it Chance Eau Tendre. A “tender water” spin on Chance then! More delicate and more playful, if that can be possible…The fragrance composed by Jacques Polge, in-house perfumer at Chanel, will be a pink-hued fruity floral which I predict will not enthuse too
