Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Curious, a new fragrance inspired by Mandy Aftel’s newly opened Aftel Archive of Curious Scents…
Aftel Archive of Curious Scents
Mandy Aftel of indie natural line Aftelier has opened the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents..
Holiday fragrance gifts 2016, part 6
Part six in our eight-part series on fragrance related holiday gifts brings us to the random / miscellaneous category, including a few teas. Do add any of your own recommendations in the comments!
From Maison Francis Kurkdjian, the Les Bulles d’Agathe discovery set: “A discovery gift set of five scented bubbles, designed to introduce children to smells … and to give adults a chance to have fun!” with five 45 ml bottles, including Violet, Cold mint, Cut grass, Pear and Mon beau Sapin. $75 at Neiman Marcus…
Aftelier Amber Tapestry ~ fragrance review
When Mandy Aftel announced her latest fragrance, Aftelier Amber Tapestry, she billed it as a “comfort scent.” I heard “amber” and “comfort,” and I anticipated a real snickerdoodle of a perfume — a thick, golden, spicy, chewy scent cookie. (Not that this is bad! Set me in front of a pile of snickerdoodles and watch me go.) Yes, Amber Tapestry is warm and resinous with a touch of cinnamon, but cookies don’t pack jasmine, and lots of it. This could be a floral perfume lover’s new favorite oriental fragrance.
Amber Tapestry’s notes include yellow mandarin, jasmine grandiflorum, jasmine sambac, pear, heliotropin, labdanum, ambreine, cinnamon, coumarin, maltol, benzoin, ambergris and castoreum. Just to head off concerns, the pear isn’t discernable as fruit salad, and the cinnamon, while faintly noticeable, doesn’t give Amber Tapestry a gourmand vibe…
Aftelier Amber Tapestry ~ new fragrance
Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Amber Tapestry, a new oriental fragrance…