Carven has launched Carven Pour Homme, a new spicy woody aromatic fragrance for men…
Coolife Le Premier Parfum ~ new fragrance
Le Premier Parfum is the debut fragrance from photography studio Coolife, founded by Pauline Rochas (granddaughter of Marcel and Hélène Rochas) and Carole Beaupré…
Bebe Nouveau ~ new fragrance
Biehl Parfumkunstwerke PC02 ~ fragrance review
I recently reviewed PC01 from Biehl Parfumkustwerke, since I felt I hadn’t been paying enough attention to this brand. It wasn’t quite “me,” but I went on to sample PC02, which has turned out to be more my style. Like PC01, it was developed by perfumer Patricia Choux, and its official description reads “circus and cotton candy. giggling butterflies in the belly. maximum high spirit.”
PC02 has “risky but delicious” top notes of bergamot, cardamom, and spices, a “powdery, spicy, and flowery” heart of peony, Turkish delight, and freesia, and a “very sensual, warm, and erotic” base of blonde wood, patchouli, tonka bean, honey, and musk. If you’re guessing that this is a sweet fragrance: yes, it is. If you really don’t care for gourmands, you probably won’t fall for PC02. If, on the other hand, you used to wear Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum, Hanae Mori Butterfly or Parfumerie Generale Brulure de Rose and now you’re looking for something just a little more subtle, PC02 should appeal to you…
Biehl Parfumkunstwerke PC01 ~ fragrance review
It’s taken me a while to get around to trying a few fragrances from Biehl Parfumkustwerke; not from a lack of interest, but just because they’re not widely distributed and because, well, they don’t have actual titles that capture my imagination and stick in my memory. I realize that Biehl’s naming-numbering system is very deliberate — as the company website proclaims, “even the names of the individual works are not puffed up by a seemingly sensual play of words but simply bear the initials of their artist and a consecutive work number.” All the same, I can’t help feeling like it’s homework for me to remember which is which.
In any case, random grumbles aside, I’ve recently tried PC01, which is perfumer Patricia Choux’s first contribution to the collection. It’s described by the phrases “sun, finally. a breath of wind. the soul smiles” (all lower-case) and its composition includes top notes of tangerine, neroli, davana, and mango leaves; a heart of peony, iris and mango; and a base of kaschmir [sic] wood, vetiver and musk. I thought this fragrance would be a good follow-up to my recent review of Rosie Jane Tilly, which was another fruity-floral with a summery theme…