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American Perfumer Colorado & Desert Flower ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 26 December 2018 9 Comments

About a year and a half ago, I was aggravated enough by an article in a women’s glossy magazine to write a response on my own blog and to encourage a few fellow bloggers to do the same. This article proclaimed the rise of American indie perfumers (imagine that!) and noted their tendency to create fragrances inspired by wide open spaces (because of their “pioneering spirit,” apparently). It also seemed to be laboring under the impression that only men are currently crafting, creative-directing, or critiquing perfume in the United States.

More recently, I was intrigued by the launch of a perfume boutique in Louisville, Kentucky dedicated entirely to American fragrance brands. American Perfumer, as it’s appropriately named, takes an almost gallery-like approach to showcasing its brands and giving the perfumers themselves a voice through blog posts and podcast interviews. And, unlike the above-mentioned article, it includes a mix of male and female perfumers…

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American Perfumer Desert Flower ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2018 6 Comments

Indie fragrance boutique The American Perfumer will launch Desert Flower, a new limited edition floral chypre fragrance developed by Maria McElroy of Aroma M…

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Aroma M Geisha Botan ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 26 July 2018 10 Comments

Just imagine: enchanting peonies, transformed into invisible irezumi to beautify the skin and its surroundings.

This is the introductory line in the press release for Geisha Botan, the newest fragrance from independent perfume house Aroma M.1 This scent is an homage to the peony (“botan” in Japanese) and its cultural significance in Japan and China, where the peony is an auspicious motif and has appeared for centuries in art forms from porcelain and tapestry to printmaking and, yes, traditional tattoos.

The mention of irezumi (tattoos) and these other visual arts is telling, because Botan is much more an artistic interpretation of the peony’s color and texture than a literal recreation of its scent…

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Aroma M Geisha Marron ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 25 January 2018 7 Comments

chesnuts

Two weeks ago, I mused about chestnut perfumes. The topic must still be on my mind, because I just unearthed a vial of Aroma M Geisha Marron in a bag of samples on my desk and decided to give it another spin. Geisha Marron was originally released as an oil (in a roll-on bottle) in 2006, but Aroma M’s founder and perfumer, Maria McElroy, launched a new Eau de Parfum concentration in 2017.

Like its “sisters” in the Geisha collection, Marron is an interpretation of a color —in this case, brown…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2017, part 14

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2017 7 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special edition bottles from Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs and Paco Rabanne, plus new concentrations of Chloé and Aroma M Geisha Marron.

Jean Paul Gaultier snow globes 2017

Jean Paul Gaultier does holiday snow globes for Classique (“Turn over the Classique collector’s snow globe: the iconic glass bust will appear through the snowflakes, revealing a glossy red corset, perfect for the holidays.”) and Le Mâle (“Turn over the Le Mâle collector’s snow globe: the iconic glass torso will appear through the snowflakes, revealing a red-striped marinière, perfect for the holidays.”) At John Lewis in the UK in 100 ml Eau de Toilette…

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