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While interviewing Etienne de Swardt the other day at Pitti Fragranze, I couldn’t help but be newly inspired by the singular genius, humor, and openness of his imaginative vision, as well as the energy and verve he has mustered to sustain the untamed beauty of Etat Libre d’Orange these past 10 years.
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Photo courtesy of Pitti Fragranze
Florence, like a fine and beloved fragrance, is above all else a sensual and emotional experience. Something about a subtle blend of orange blossoms, hibiscus flowers, and geranium notes wafts on the gentlest of breezes from the surrounding hills, meanders along the Arno among the tiled roofs of […] -
Photo courtesy Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Stories from Hans Christian Andersen. Margaret Tarrant, illustrator. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1910.
As you will recall from last month’s blog post, the world’s first “Bad Girl Mermaid Tail Fragrance” emerged on the shores of the French Riviera in 1927 in the form o […] -
Image: John William Waterhouse Resonance
Bad Girl Mermaids and Their Fragrances
Part 1 Bad Girls Perfumed Suntan Oils (AKA Bad Girl Mermaid Tail Fragrances)
In honor of all you Bad Girls (and Boys) heading to the beach or the pool over the next few weeks, www.badgirlsperfume.com is dedicating the months of July and […] -
Bad Girls Perfume The Book
and
www.badgirlsperfume.com The Website
Launch Party
at
Esxence, Milan
April 1 (No Joke!) at 2:30 pm
YOU
are invited to:
Bad Girls Perfume Workshop
(Code Name for Wild and Debauched Party/Book/Website/ Launch)
Where: Esxence, Milan
Main Conference Room
When: April 1, 2016 (No Joke!)
At: 2:30 pm
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While visiting with Karl Bradl and Robert Gerstner at Aedes de Venustas in New York last month, I witnessed the early steps of three bold new projects. Given the fact that Karl and Robert are two of the most important pathfinders and flag bearers of the artistic niche fragrance movement, I see these projects as critic […] -
Gilles Thevenin Owner of Parfums Lubin at NY NOW
On my first visit to the fabulous NYNOW at New York’s Javits Center, I had the chance to speak with Gilles Thevenin, Owner and CEO of Parfums Lubin, and to learn some exciting news about this historic French brand.
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In France, vacationers divide themselves into ‘juilletistes’ and ‘aoûtiens’ depending upon whether they take summer holidays in July or August (generally for an entire month, bien sûr!). Since my birthday falls in August, this month is, and always will be, the ultimate holiday month for me, so I’m an ‘aoûtienn […] -
These hot summer days I can’t seem to get enough of my Atelier Cologne ‘Sud Magnolia’. A fragrance I’d never met until three days ago. A brand I’d never heard of three years ago. This is definitely a ‘summer affair’.
Amazing how things can happen so quickly.
For la petite histoire, I discovered Atelier Cologne in […] -
Like Perfumes, hats have a life of their own and inhabit another dimension.
They can take us there if we are willing to play.
The “Journée chapeaux ElssCollection” (ElssCollection Hat Day) last week, was yet another example of the strength and verve of this young Parisian start-up company for short-term desig […]
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