Parfums Caron was established in 1904 by Ernest Daltroff. Alpona, one of Daltroff’s many fragrance creations, launched in 1939, and has notes of lemon, grapefruit, bergamot, rose, orange, jasmine, orchid, thyme, patchouli, myrrh, cedar, sandalwood, musk, and oakmoss.
Alpona starts with citrus fruits, but don’t look for fresh-squeezed juice here — Caron describes the citrus as “crystallized”, and that is exactly what it smells like: sugared preserved fruit…
The new Bond no. 9 store on Bleecker Street in the West Village of New York City opens officially tomorrow, and the first 100 customers will get a free cupcake from the Magnolia Bakery next store. Read all about it in the New York Times.
UK perfume boutique Scent Systems has started a bespoke fragrance service. Owner Hiram Green, working in conjunction with George Dodd of Aroma Sciences, will create a custom scent for £150. The price includes a 30 ml bottle of perfume; refills are £120. (via responsesource)
Hardy Amies, the British couture house, has released Hardy Amies Eau de Parfum.
The chypre fragrance was created in collaboration with Roja Dove and features notes of petitgrain, clary sage, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose, patchouli, hay…
One needs not rub the lamp in order to release a genie, for a mere touch of flame to the wick of the Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum candle would suffice. Like the eponymous fragrance, Loukhoum is redolent of amber, hawthorn blossoms, almonds, vanilla and musk. A sweet note of rose petal jam lends a gourmand touch that on the skin envelops the wearer in cashmere shawl-like warmth. In the air, the same luscious and sensual scent has a scintillating quality, vacillating between maraschino cherry encrusted with almond shavings and amber layered white blossoms…
Due to a series of technical & non-technical difficulties this morning, the review I had hoped to post on Caron Alpona is not ready, and since it is looking like it will just be that sort of day, I am giving up while I am ahead. Come back tomorrow for more on Caron Alpona, which may turn out to be my favorite fragrance discovery (yes, it has been around since 1939 and I am just discovering it) this fall.
Have you discovered an old classic recently? Please comment, I'd love to know what else I'm missing.
Note: the lovely ad is from the site Parfum de Pub.