The Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild, originally founded by perfumer Mandy Aftel of Aftelier in 2002, has been reopened under the direction of Anya McCoy of Natural Perfumery. Their mission statement:
...to gather and strengthen our existing community, increase public awareness and education about pure and natural perfumes, and establish standards of excellence in perfumery.
Natural perfumers, vendors and enthusiasts are invited to apply for membership.
Am off on a very quick out of town trip, and as always hope to work in a little perfume shopping. On Sunday I'll be back with some fragrance gift ideas for Mother's Day. Next week, look for reviews of the new Mandarine Tout Simplement from L'Artisan, Diptyque's Eau de Lierre, and more.
Note: the image shows the recent limited edition Flower by Kenzo, and is via images de parfums.
Use coupon code BHFRAGRANCE at beautyhabit with orders over $85 and get a free 15 piece fragrance sampler pack and a bounce back coupon good for $15 off your next order of $100 or more. Offer good through 5/14 or while supplies last. Sampler pack includes Fifi Chachnil, Becker.eshaya be, Kai, Nicolai Fig Tea, Rosine Eau d'Ete, Delrae Debut, Apivita Harmony, Energy & Euphoria, Calypso Gardenia, Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Abricot, Creative Universe Element of Desire, L'Orientaliste Mimosa, Perfect Veil and Provence Sante Linden.
Davidoff will launch a limited edition bottle of their Cool Water for men fragrance…
…sporting the handiwork of Mickal (Mic) Stubblefield, a 23-year-old self-taught graphic artist from New York. Another plus: 100% of the proceeds benefit SurfAid International, a nonprofit that provides health programs for Mentawai people who live on the Indonesian islands…
Crown Perfumery was founded in 1872. Their story is not so unusual: after a long period of success, they fell on hard times. Eventually the company was rescued by Clive Christian, but shortly after launching his first perfumes under his own name, he discontinued the Crown line altogether. Some of us are still holding a grudge.
Eau de Russe was first launched in 1911 and includes notes of heliotrope, amber and musk…