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More than most people will spend on perfume in their lifetime

Posted by Robin on 1 December 2009 52 Comments

"Customized fragrance is wildly appealing to people because it presents an opportunity to collaborate creatively with a perfumer," Balahoutis said. But here, the custom experience costs $6,000, which is arguably more than most people will spend on perfume in their lifetime.

— Alexandra Balahoutis of Strange Invisible Perfumes on the line's bespoke service, quoted in L.A. custom perfumers: Memoire Liquide, Strange Invisible, Smell Bent at the LA Times, where you'll also find several related stories: Golden age of perfume in the air?, The right perfume for your age, When perfume becomes a nuisance (or a health issue), Men's cologne lines get manlier and Rating celebrity perfumes: In Bloom, Siren, Queen and Malibu.

Custom perfume seminars in New York

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2009 8 Comments

Sue Phillips of Scenterprises will be hosting custom perfume seminars every Tuesday in September and October:

The multi-sensory Seminar includes an interactive, creative, educational session all about the history and joys of fragrance. We take you on an olfactive fragrance ‘journey’ to explore and discover magnificent perfume blends…

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Aromachology ~ new custom perfume line

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2009 26 Comments

aromachology

Aromachology is a new custom perfume line that “blends perfume and personality into one customized aromatic experience”:

Aromachology is the first of its kind to offer custom fine fragrance on a mass level, blended and sold at point of purchase. Meant to reconnect consumers…

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Perfume Studio Master Class at Bloomingdales, Roosevelt Field

Posted by Robin on 14 April 2009 7 Comments

Perfume Studio Purse Sprays

Sue Phillips of Scenterprises Ltd will be holding Perfume Studio Master Class events at Bloomingdales, Roosevelt Field, NY on April 24 and May 8:

Much like a wine tasting, people come to the master class and Sue Phillips, fragrance expert, takes them on a ‘fragrance journey’ to experience 18 different, exquisite perfume blends. The blends have been created by a world-famous perfumer…

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Nose for hire

Posted by Robin on 2 April 2009 10 Comments

Next, Kurkdjian schedules a face-to-face meeting, to which he brings his traveling lab--a 45-pound, green leather steamer trunk of ingredients, from rose and jasmine oils to cloves and ambergris (rare sperm whale secretion). In all, Kurkdjian uses some 1,200 substances to whip up his scents. Prices range from $9 a pound for lavender oil to $10,500 a pound for ambergris.

— From What A Nose at Forbes, an article about perfumer Francis Kurkdjian's bespoke fragrance business. Many thanks to Anna for the link!

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