Country singer Faith Hill has launched her second perfume for women (the first was Faith Hill by Faith Hill), Faith Hill True:
Inspired by casual sensuality and spirited femininity…
Caron Parfum Sacre and Parfum Sacre Intense ~ fragrance review
Due to the charms of the owner of the Perfume House, for a while it seemed every perfume lover in Portland had a bottle of Caron Parfum Sacré on her dresser. In the 1990s, if you were lucky enough to be at the store when the owner was there, he might pull you into a tiny side room and ask you to sit on one of the two ice cream parlor-style chairs against the wall. Then, he would present Parfum Sacré, “the greatest memory perfume” and “one of the top 10 fragrances in the world”.
When I heard the story more than a decade ago, I remember the owner, grey suited and speaking with a Europe-tinged accent, gesticulating fervently. Backed by a glass cabinet full of Annick Goutal bottles, he talked about Parfum Sacré’s launch in Portland. At the end of the story he said, “I told them, ‘Wait’,” here he touched his wristwatch, “In 37 minutes—” (or was it 67 or maybe an hour and 47?) “—they will be back. Thirty-seven minutes later so many of them came back to buy the fragrance the police had to close the streets!”
Did the Portland police really turn out to control traffic snarls caused by manic perfume buyers? Who cares? I love a good story told with passion…
Deeply personal and unique
An artistic creation is not consensual by intention but rather by the unpredictable result of a magic conjunction between the individual inspiration of a visionary creator and the public which will progressively come to meet him (and not the reverse). Paradoxically, it’s often when you are deeply personal and unique in your expression that you can reach the universal.
— Perfumer Michel Roudnitska, answering the question "What constitutes art in perfumery for you and how do you envision this in the reality of the fragrance industry?"; read more at Perfumism.
Ineke Gilded Lily ~ new perfume
Niche line Ineke will launch Gilded Lily, the seventh fragrance in their alphabetical series, in September:
When Ineke read about the amazing scent of the Goldband Lily of Japan (lilium auratum), she felt compelled to order a few for her garden to study their fragrance. This note became the heart of Gilded Lily…
The Monday Mail ~ open thread for feedback, January through April 2010
The Monday Mail is about to take its annual summer vacation, but first here is an open thread for past participants to share their experiences, and hopefully let us know if they found what they were looking for (or went bankrupt trying). I’ve sent out emails requesting feedback from everyone who took part between January and April of this year, so check back over the next few days to see what we can find out.
Here are links to the articles for each participant…