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Parfums de Nicolai Rose Royale ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 24 August 2017 15 Comments

Rose at Le Palais Royal

Earlier this year, French niche line Parfums de Nicolaï launched Rose Royale, a soliflore rose fragrance inspired by the gardens of Paris’s Palais-Royal. Perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï, who developed it with her son Axel de Nicolaï, describes it as a “delicate” scent, a “natural and fresh rose with a hint of fruity notes.”

Rose Royale’s notes include black currant bud, passion fruit, bergamot, rose, coriander, ambrette seed, immortelle, sandalwood, guaiac wood and musk. Sounds like a lot going on for a solifore, right? — but on my skin it made sense…

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Nicolai: Parfumeur createur, un metier d’artiste ~ new perfume book

Posted by Robin on 25 November 2014 Leave a Comment

Nicolaï: Parfumeur créateur, un métier d'artiste book cover

Jean-Louis Michau and Patricia de Nicolaï of French niche line Parfums de Nicolaï have published Nicolaï: Parfumeur créateur, un métier d’artiste. The book is written in French and English…

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Parfums de Nicolai Rose Oud & Amber Oud ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 13 November 2013 22 Comments

Parfums de Nicolaï Rose Oud & Amber Oud

French niche brand Parfums de Nicolaï will launch Rose Oud & Amber Oud this month…

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Growing up Guerlain

Posted by Robin on 21 December 2010 20 Comments

Her own olfactory signature admits to certain genetic tendencies. "I am influenced by my family!" she admitted with rueful laugh. "Growing up Guerlain was always only nice perfumes, something you could recognize from afar, the sillage, and you would know it was Guerlain. I wanted to have the same approach."

— Perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï of Parfums de Nicolaï, quoted in Scent of a woman at the National Post.

Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez & Patricia de Nicolai at the Smithsonian

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2009 34 Comments

Perfumistas will want to take note of two special events hosted by the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program in Washington, DC this coming February:

The Art of Fragrance (In Collaboration with the Embassy of France With Sparkling Wine Toast) with Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, Friday, 5 February at 6:45 pm:

Tonight, we cut through the usual perfume-babble to illuminate the art of fragrance…

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