Le Couvent des Minimes has launched Aqua Majestae, Aqua Nymphae and Aqua Imperi, three new additions to their Les Colognes Botaniques collection. Earlier this year, the brand introduced Tinharé, Kythnos and Palmarola, three new additions to the Les Parfums Remarquables series…
Reading Perfumes: The Guide 20181 has got me revisiting old samples, among them Lubin Upper Ten and Upper Ten for Her, both of which received four stars. Turin writes that Upper Ten has “the cleverest accord I have smelled in a very long time,” and Upper Ten for Her is a “perfume doing the splits.” How could I resist…
In this programme, Bridget Kendall and guests explore the modern history of perfume, including its flowering in France and the explosive chemical discoveries that helped to make fine fragrance what it is today. They also explore perfume’s ancient roots and ask: what’s in a name?
Bridget is joined by scientist and critic Luca Turin, writer and curator Lizzie Ostrom and the perfumer Thomas Fontaine. Also featuring William Tullett and James McHugh.
— Listen to the 41 minute radio show on BBC World Service. (I have not had a chance to listen yet, if you have, do comment and let us know if it is fantastic!) Hat tip to Oakland Fresca!
Some fragrances feel spacious, as if you could move around inside them. You can almost smell their cogs whirling in a scented ballet. And then there are the perfumes that are thick. They present an opaque stew of notes that can be comforting, like a velvet duvet, or downright claustrophobic.
To me, Lubin Epidor is of the “thick” variety. I imagine wearing it in fall, especially, when its woody, fruity, powdery notes would be a terrific counterpoint to cold rain. But then, there’s a special place in my heart for dense orientals — witness my affection for Lorenzo Villoresi Alamut. I’m going to guess that Epidor will be a similarly love-it or hate-it fragrance…
French niche line Lubin has launched Epidor, a new unisex floriental fragrance inspired by a 1912 Lubin fragrance of the same name…