Niche line Frapin will launch If by R.K., a new unisex gourmand oriental fragrance…
Frapin Laskarina & The Isle Of Man ~ new fragrances
Niche line Frapin will launch two new fragrances, Laskarina and The Isle Of Man, later this month…
Frapin The Orchid Man ~ new fragrance
Niche line Frapin will launch The Orchid Man, a new fragrance inspired by French boxer Georges Carpentier…
Frapin Nevermore ~ fragrance review
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…
