Indie natural line Providence Perfume Co has launched Divine Noir, a new flanker to the brand’s Divine fragrance…
Providence Perfume Co Hindu Honeysuckle ~ fragrance review
In all my years of “fragrance acquisitions,” I’ve owned five natural perfumes (and three of those were from Aveda). It’s not that I am “against” natural perfumery, but many natural perfumes are similar in style (leaden) and scent (unoriginal). Often when I test natural fragrances, I feel I’m wearing a smelly naturopathic cough syrup or joint rub (apply to arthritic knees and elbows and feel the relief!)
Providence Perfume Co* Hindu Honeysuckle does not fall into the “remedy scent” category of natural perfumery. Hindu Honeysuckle includes fragrance notes of bergamot, jasmine, vetiver, ambrette seeds, rose and coriander. I have no idea if “honeysuckle” is in the perfume or if its scent is conjured by the other fragrance notes; nor am I sure if “Hindu” honeysuckle refers to a type of honeysuckle plant from India or if the designation “Hindu” is simply Providence Perfume Co’s ‘PR speak’ (the marketing materials mention Bhramari Devi, the bee goddess, and honeysuckle’s symbolism in India — the flower represents generosity, kindness).
Hindu Honeysuckle starts off sweet and syrupy…
Providence Perfume Co Hindu Honeysuckle ~ new perfume
Indie natural line Providence Perfume Co has launched Hindu Honeysuckle…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2011, part 6
Our series of holiday gift posts continues today with a selection of solid perfumes and perfumed jewelry. If you missed them, here are links to part 1 (scented body products), part 2 (travel sizes & coffrets), part 3 (more travel sizes & coffrets), part 4 (home fragrance) and part 5 (men’s fragrance). Coming up next: the luxury list.
From Providence Perfume Co, solid perfume balms: “Our vintage inspired solid perfume balms are blended in a base of pure shea butter, beeswax and oils. The soft buttery consistency is similar to the vintage solid perfumes popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s without the added petroleum and chemicals of the era. Solid perfumes are generously sized at 1/2 ounce and housed in thick retro glass tubs with distinctive silver caps evoking images of dressing table glamour. Solids are lavishly perfumed with natural ingredients and blended in artisan perfume fashion.” In Chiffonade, Jazmina, Lilium, Moonflower, $36-39 at Providence Perfume Co…
Providence Perfume Co Eva Luna ~ fragrance review
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull’d in these flowers with dances and delight…— A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Eva Luna was released in late June of this year, which was perfect timing since this fragrance was inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Indie brand Providence Perfume Co describes Eva Luna as “a spring green floral…a walk in a moonlit garden”; its composition includes top notes of Russian carrot, fresh mint leaf, French mimosa, and bois de rose; heart notes of tuberose, plumeria, rose de Mai, jasmine, and violet leaf; and base notes of Oman frankincense, ambrette, and orris.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, a fantastic roundabout of characters falling in and out of love over the course of one moonlit night, in a plot driven by magic potions, mistaken identities, and plays-within-plays. The comedy’s setting, an enchanted forest inhabited by an assortment of fairies, is the perfect analogy for an all-natural perfume. As Angela recently wrote, natural fragrances do have an allure and romance all their own, and it’s always a pleasure to encounter a natural perfume that delivers on its promise…