It’s taken me a while to get around to trying a few fragrances from Biehl Parfumkustwerke; not from a lack of interest, but just because they’re not widely distributed and because, well, they don’t have actual titles that capture my imagination and stick in my memory. I realize that Biehl’s naming-numbering system is very deliberate — as the company website proclaims, “even the names of the individual works are not puffed up by a seemingly sensual play of words but simply bear the initials of their artist and a consecutive work number.” All the same, I can’t help feeling like it’s homework for me to remember which is which.

In any case, random grumbles aside, I’ve recently tried PC01, which is perfumer Patricia Choux’s first contribution to the collection. It’s described by the phrases “sun, finally. a breath of wind. the soul smiles” (all lower-case) and its composition includes top notes of tangerine, neroli, davana, and mango leaves; a heart of peony, iris and mango; and a base of kaschmir [sic] wood, vetiver and musk. I thought this fragrance would be a good follow-up to my recent review of Rosie Jane Tilly, which was another fruity-floral with a summery theme…

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