L’Artisan Parfumeur has launched Passage d’Enfer Extrême, a new flanker to 1999’s Passage d’Enfer…
The daily lemming
From L'Artisan Parfumeur, a leather travel set with three 10 ml sprays of your choice (although at the moment, there are only 10 fragrances offered). $220, or you can buy the pouch separately for $70.
L’Artisan Parfumeur Couleur Vanille ~ new fragrance
L’Artisan Parfumeur will launch Couleur Vanille, a new ‘savory vanilla inspired by the sweetness of the tradewinds’, in March. Couleur Vanille is based on fair trade Vanilla planifolia from Madagascar…
L’Artisan Parfumeur Le Chant de Camargue ~ fragrance review
In France, south of Arles, lies Camargue — a UNESCO-designated biosphere. Camargue is known for many things: its ancient-breed white horses, flamingos (and many other migrating birds), salt production, Camargue red wild rice (referenced in today’s perfume Le Chant de Camargue*) and the Course Camarguaise — Camargue’s brand of bloodless bull-fighting (or “race”). Though the stately black bulls of Camargue are individually known and are not killed in this “sport,” I can’t imagine it’s much fun to be chased, teased, enraged and prodded under a hot sun in front of thousands of screaming humans.
Bulls — one of the world’s unluckiest animals…
L’Artisan Parfumeur Bana Banana ~ fragrance review
L’Artisan Parfumeur is an old friend. I’ve owned bottles of Ananas Fizz (discontinued), Mûre et Musc (original version), L’Eau de L’Artisan, Passage d’Enfer, L’Eau d’Ambre, Dzongkha, Séville à l’Aube, Traversée du Bosphore, Dzing!, Timbuktu, Méchant Loup and Bois Farine, not to mention amber balls and candles. When I saw the ads for the new Bana Banana,* with their antique botanical illustrations of banana plants, I was primed to BUY…