Hiram Green will launch Vivacious, a new natural violet-themed fragrance, next week…
Hiram Green Voyage 2019 ~ fragrance review
In autumn, I tend to lean on the fruity chypre portion of my perfume collection. But when the weather cools further, and nights become longer than days, I turn to oriental fragrances. A good oriental offers an olfactory blanket that warms better than a chinchilla coat.
The trouble is to find an oriental that doesn’t smell like a spice cookie or doesn’t pack so much amber that it fries your nasal hairs. Lately, I’ve relied on Guerlain Vol de Nuit, Arquiste Anima Dulcis, Etat Libre d’Orange The Afternoon of a Faun, and judicious spritzes of Serge Lutens Participe Passé (wow, is that stuff powerful) — among many others stuffed in a box labeled “cosy” in my perfume cabinet. If I had a bottle of Hiram Green Voyage 2019, it would fall into rotation, too…
Hiram Green Voyage 2019 ~ new perfume
Hiram Green has launched Voyage 2019, a new limited edition (280 bottles were made) fragrance. Voyage 2019 is an updated version of Voyage, which launched as a limited edition in 2015…
Hiram Green Lustre ~ new fragrance
Hiram Green Hyde ~ fragrance review
Looking at the string of words “Hiram Green Hyde” — green hide stood out. (Hyde is a unisex leather perfume described as “challenging” by Hiram Green.) Certainly, any perfume with green hide as an inspiration would be a challenge to wear; green hide is the skin right off a newly killed animal, with flesh, blood, hair and fat still clinging to it. I’ve read about green hides while studying indigenous art and leather-tanning techniques of American Indians. I’m happy to say there’s no smell of green hide in Hyde, but it does bring to mind (and nose) scents of Mexico, and another indigenous group: the Aztecs.
Hyde’s short-lived opening isn’t citrus-y, but reminds me of BAND-AID® bandages…