Australian botanical brand Aesop will introduce Above Us, Steorra, a new spicy amber fragrance, next month. Steorra is an old English word for star…
Eau de Jane, Parfums Quartana Forest of the Golden Dream & Andrea Maack Flux ~ fragrance reviews
The author and cultural critic Fran Lebowitz once said, “To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.” I share this preference (and many others) with Ms. Lebowitz, and yet every now and then, I do enjoy a walk in the woods…as long as I can easily stroll back to the subway or the bed-and-breakfast when I’m done communing with nature. And if that mood strikes when I’m home in my city dwelling, I can always pick up a perfume that evokes the wild wonder of the forest for a quick hit of arboreal fantasy.
Eau de Jane was released in 2019 and was developed by perfumer Roger Howell…
Mesmerising fragrance advertising campaigns
From a young age, I wanted to be in the industry. France in the 80s was a time of mesmerising fragrance advertising campaigns. I would wait on Wednesdays for the person changing the posters at the bus stop, begging him to let me keep the fragrance ones. I was fascinated by them. I thought I wanted to invent the image, I suppose to be within the marketing team (though at the time I didn’t know what that was).
— Perfumer Céline Barel, quoted in “It’s important to me as a perfumer to work on meaningful projects.” Céline Barel on the years-long creation of Aesop Aurner at Russh.
Andrea Maack Flux ~ new fragrance
Aesop Aurner ~ new fragrance
Australian botanical brand Aesop will introduce Aurner, a new unisex floral fragrance, next month…