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Ayala Moriel Narkiss ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 17 December 2014 3 Comments

Ayala Moriel Narkiss

Indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel has launched Narkiss, a narcissus soliflore…

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Indie special ~ Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi & 4160Tuesdays Urura’s Tokyo Cafe

Posted by Robin on 17 June 2014 14 Comments

Climbing roses

Quick reviews of two (happy!) indie fragrances for spring: Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi and 4160Tuesdays Urura’s Tokyo Cafe.

Do comment if you have a favorite indie perfume we should all know about!

Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi

Malabi is a milk-based pudding topped with sweet syrup (I posted an image and link to a recipe yesterday) popular in the Middle East. Variations appear to be endless, but it is sometimes flavored with rosewater or orange blossom, and indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel has used both flowers in her Musk Malabi perfume…

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Something to ground you or lift up your spirits

Posted by Robin on 19 May 2014 3 Comments

Indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel talks to go! Vancouver about her ready-to-wear and custom fragrances.

Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi & Sandal Ale ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2014 9 Comments

Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi & Sandal Ale

Indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel has launched two new fragrances, Musk Malabi and Sandal Ale…

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Top 10 Spring Fragrances 2013

Posted by Jessica on 5 April 2013 84 Comments

Springtime Landscape, Béla Iványi-Grünwald

I can’t believe it’s been five years since my last Top Ten Spring Fragrances list, but yes, a look back confirms that fact. My tastes haven’t shifted much since then, yet I can somehow come up with plenty of new favorites. Of course, there are the fragrances that I consider part of my springtime “hall of fame”: Guerlain Apres l’Ondée and Chamade, Frederic Malle En Passant. These come into rotation every March or April, come rain or come shine (and lately, it’s been mostly rain). But, beyond these classics, I’m easily able to compile a list of other fragrances I’ve been wearing or will be wearing over the next month or two.

What to wear when the calendar says Spring, but the weather is still chilly and damp and dreary? I love to don Frederic Malle L’Eau d’Hiver during that indecisive kind of weather, perhaps because it walks a fine line between warm and cool, soft and crisp…

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