1. Frankincense: I particularly appreciate this in the base note of my compositions.
2. Davana: Which I always consider as one of the most valuable top notes of a fragrance—mostly for the narcotic oriental ones.
3. Tuberose: The very mysterious one. Still enigmatic for me after 38 year of work.
— Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour, asked to describe himself in three ingredients. Read more in One-on-One with AMAFFI Perfume House Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour at Perfumer Flavorist.
French niche line Parfums MDCI has launched La Ravissante, a new floral fragrance for women in the art-inspired Painters and Perfumers collection…
Niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas has launched Encens Japonais, a new fragrance. (Encens Japonais is also one of the brand’s candles…*)
Eau d’Italie released Bois d’Ombrie* in 2006 — and I loved it. I was going to buy a bottle but something terrible happened and I didn’t want to associate the perfume with personal sadness. A smell can attach itself like glue, or a leech, to an event and its associated feelings.
Years sped by (and many hundreds of perfumes, too); Bois d’Ombrie was left behind…
