CB I Hate Perfume M4 A Room with a View ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 28 May 2011 43 Comments

Room with a View poster CB I Hate Perfume Room with a view

E. M. Forster’s A Room with a View (1908) is one of my favorite novels, and its Merchant-Ivory film adaptation (1985) is one of my favorite movies. I’m also a longtime admirer of CB I Hate Perfume, so it’s strange that I only recently realized that this niche perfumery offers a scent inspired by a scene from the novel. Christopher Brosius created M4, or A Room with a View, for CB I Hate Perfume’s Metamorphosis Series and designed it to evoke “the moment when one simple beautiful gesture can transform an entire life”…

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It’s intentional

Posted by Robin on 28 May 2011 9 Comments

Conceptual artist Cherry Tree has a scent of mystery about her. And the smell of urine. Her urine. And it's intentional.

— Yep, it's another artist making perfume from urine. Read more at Conceptual Artist Cherry Tree Makes Perfume From Her Urine. Many thanks to Scentred for the link!

Lazy Thursday poll ~ four questions

Posted by Robin on 26 May 2011 421 Comments

France Villandry

First a quick bit of business: Now Smell This will be taking a short Memorial Day weekend rest on Friday and Monday. There will be posts on Saturday, and possibly Sunday, and then Angela's regularly scheduled post will appear on Tuesday. Now, the poll:

1. What fragrance are you wearing today?

2. How did you pick it (does it match your clothes? your mood? was it just the first one you saw?)

3. What's the next fragrance you'd like to test?

4. Share something wonderful with us! It can be anything — a great movie you saw, something delicious you ate, the perfect mascara you just discovered last week, any fabulous news you recently received — really, anything.

Answer as many or as few as you like.

Note: image is France Villandry by Fr Antunes at flickr; some rights reserved.

Natural perfumery courses in New York City

Posted by Robin on 26 May 2011 Leave a Comment

UK-based perfumer Alec Lawless of Essentially Me will be teaching two natural perfumery courses in New York City this summer…

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Mon Numero ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 26 May 2011 43 Comments

L'Artisan Parfumeur Mon Numero 10 fragrance

L’Artisan Parfumeur will introduce the Mon Numéro collection in June. The eight fragrances are variations of the semi-bespoke Mon Numero scents that debuted in 2009, and all were developed by perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. Each scent will be exclusive to a particular retailer or L’Artisan boutique, but the collection will also be available online…

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