Cimabue, by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, is today’s topic, but to talk about Cimabue we need to start with yesterday’s Safran Troublant. Of the three fragrances in the L’Artisan Les Epices trio, Safran Troublant was the one that originally garnered the most attention on the fragrance board at MakeupAlley. Early on, the only way to get the fragrance was to buy the complete Les Epices set, which included Piment Brûlant and Poivre Piquant, and which was originally released as a limited edition. This was a problem, obviously, if you A) didn’t like Piment Brûlant and Poivre Piquant and/or B) adored Safran Troublant to the point where the little 15 ml bottle in the coffret simply wasn’t enough Safran Troublant to tide you over for the rest of eternity.

Chattykathy, who at one time was a frequent poster on MakeupAlley’s fragrance forum, was firmly entrenched in group B. She may have also been in group A (I neglected to ask) and I hope it goes without saying that Chattykathy is her screen name, not the name she uses in everyday, offline life. She decided to take matters into her own hands, and sent a sample of Safran Troublant off to perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz in the hopes that Ms. Hurwitz would devise a reasonable facsimile and that she, Chattykathy, would never have to go without…

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