Le Couvent des Minimes has launched Aqua Majestae, Aqua Nymphae and Aqua Imperi, three new additions to their Les Colognes Botaniques collection. Earlier this year, the brand introduced Tinharé, Kythnos and Palmarola, three new additions to the Les Parfums Remarquables series…
Niche line Evody has launched Blanc de Sienne, a new fragrance in the brand’s Collection D’Ailleurs (see Noir d’Orient, Ombre Fumée and D’Âme de Pique)…
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before…
In late 2014, niche line Frapin launched Nevermore, a new fragrance inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven.” I love any reference to Poe, and Frapin’s characterization of Nevermore as a “spicy woody metallic rose” appealed to me, so I looked forward to trying it and writing about it here.
Nevermore was developed for Frapin by perfumer Anne-Sophie Behaghel, and its composition includes notes of black pepper, nutmeg, floralozone and aldehydes; rose oxide, rose de mai, rose damascena and “bonded wine”; saffron, Atlas cedar and amber wood. Its concept is inspired by the legendary “Poe toaster,” a mysterious figure who for several decades visited Poe’s Baltimore resting place annually on the writer’s birthday (January 19) and left a bottle of Cognac and three roses…