Soivohle’ (formerly Liz Zorn) has launched Love Speaks Primeval, a new natural perfume:
This is a natural version of the classic floral chypre, with a Bergamot top note and Oakmoss base. It is rose dominant, (Bulgarian Rose Concrete, Centifolia Absolute, Rosa Bourbona Absolute) with accompanying floral notes…
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian talks about Jean Paul Gaultier Le Mâle.
Mandy Aftel of Aftelier will be at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for two events this coming January.
First, on Wednesday, January 20th at 6 pm, she’ll be giving a talk on Aromatics Along the Silk Road…
What is it: one 45 ml bottle of Kenzo Flower Essentielle, from which I have decanted three standard vial samples (I get the samples, you get the bottle).
Update: We have a winner, congrats to sacre bleu…
An unusual perfume bar has sprung up at the Singapore Art Museum. It has scents nobody would want to dab on his wrist, although some might cling to his clothes.
Filipino artist Christina Goldie Poblador has created the smells of a city: Think whiffs of gasoline or rotten eggs, which is supposed to remind people of government. There are more pleasant fragrances too, which are associated with friendship and family.
—From Whiffs of memory as art at The Malaysian Insider.