A selection of recent(ish) fragrances from indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz: Sweet Pine Tar, Tea and Charcoal, Gum Tree Cabin, Ritual, L’Or{ris} and Balls…Said the Queen…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz La Casa Azul, Flores Bonitas y Corazones Rotos & Viva la Frida ~ new fragrances
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched three new fragrances this year in her Women Artist Series. La Casa Azul, Flores Bonitas y Corazones Rotos (shown above) and Viva la Frida were inspired by Frida Kahlo. 25% of the proceeds for this series will go to KIND : Kids In Need of Defense….
Arielle Shoshana Sunday & Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Hot Masala ~ fragrance reviews
Lately, when I pick my perfume for the day, I’ve been choosing comfort scents that soothe me just enough to get some necessary work done but not so much that I want to cocoon myself in bed. Over the past two weeks I’ve kept returning to two particular fragrances that fit that description, and both happen to be inspired by beverages: Sunday from Arielle Shoshana and Hot Masala by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.1
Arielle Shoshana Sunday is a “sweet, green, undefinable” scent promising “Sunday serenity, any day of the week.” It was inspired by Ari’s favorite Sunday-morning beverage, matcha horchata, and was developed by perfumer Cécile Hua. It includes notes of matcha tea, rice milk, cinnamon, maté absolute, cardamom, coconut, amber, sandalwood and vanilla.
I’ve tasted matcha (a beverage made from Japanese powdered green tea) and horchata (a drink of sweetened rice milk with cinnamon) separately, but not together…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz MaccaBees ~ fragrance review
The holiday season has wound down and we’re more than a week into January, but I’m still catching up on late 2019 in many areas of my life. This effort includes a trial of MaccaBees, the nineteenth annual Holiday scent from indie perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. Referring to the Maccabean Revolt and the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah, MaccaBees “celebrates the candles, and the oil, that have illuminated our world for thousands of years, as well as the light and warmth within us that they represent.” Its name is also a play on “bees,” hinting at the beeswax used for candles and the beeswax and honey notes in this fragrance…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz MaccaBees ~ new fragrance
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched MaccaBees :: a Hanukkah scent {Holiday no.19}. (see also no. 18: Urban Moonshine and no. 17: Châtaignes du Bois…)