The thought of wearing a men's fragrance repulses me. I wouldn't dream of doing it. I like a man to smell like soap and water. I only wear Estee from Estee Lauder, and I have for years.
— Socialite and fundraiser Pat Buckley, who passed away in April of this year, quoted in W Magazine (June 2007, p. 34). Thanks to Angela for the quote!
Anya McCoy of Anya's Garden will be offering an online interactive class in Basic Natural Perfumery this Fall. You can read more about the class at anyasgarden. Intermediate and Graduate classes are planned for the future.
You can find more Natural Perfumery classes by checking the calendar page at naturalperfumery.com.
Celine Dion will follow up on Spring in Paris, launched this past spring, with a new limited edition fragrance, Paris Nights.
The new scent, developed by perfumer Karine Dubreuil, is meant to evoke the glamour and excitement of evenings in Paris…
Kylie Minogue has launched a follow-up to last year’s Darling. The new fragrance, Sweet Darling, will be a permanent addition to the Kylie Minogue line:
The oriental gourmand scent is said to be a sensual interpretation of the original with a cotton candy accord, juicy passion fruit, freesia and boronia…
By now most of us know not to keep our bottles of perfume next to the sink in the bathroom where light and heat will degrade the scent. Plus, if you’re like me, you’d need a sink as big as Paul Bunyan’s to have enough room for all your bottles. So, if the bathroom’s out, where do you keep your perfume?
For a long time, I’ve kept my perfume in a cupboard built into my dresser. The cupboard is about a foot high and a foot-and-a-half deep. It handily holds fifty or so bottles. (After typing that number, I’ll pause here and take a deep breath.) The cupboard takes up half of the top of the dresser, and on the other half is a cupboard with drawers that I use to store samples.
This system has worked pretty well so far. The mahogany cupboards keep out the light and insulate the bottles…