Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Uptown Moonshine {Holiday no.18}…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Eau Cerise, Figue Interdite & Bakul Medjool ~ fragrance reviews
Touching the forbidden is always alluring as well; fascinating and wonderfully naughty. I like this. As I began to research what exactly is meant by forbidden fruits I was surprised and delighted to find out that there are many fruits on the list for various reasons…
So says Dawn Spencer Hurwitz in reference to her latest release, the initial trio in a new series called Les Fruits Défendus (Forbidden Fruits), three all-natural perfumes inspired by the cherry, the fig, and the date. Late summer feels like the perfect moment for these scents. My husband and I grow cherries and figs in our small urban garden, so I’m very tuned-in to their seasonal growth and sensory appeal these days. (We also like to buy dates at local Middle Eastern groceries.)
While I’ve been enjoying all three of these Forbidden Fruits, Eau Cerise is my favorite…
10 from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz ~ new fragrances
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Je Suis La Lune, Paper White, Rain, Maui, Taj Garden, Summer Cologne, Lis Oriental, Figue Interdite, Eau Cerise and Bakul Medjool. (Also new for 2018 is Shimotsuki, which Jessica has already reviewed)…*
Simmering over the years
Some ideas for perfumes come to [Dawn Spencer] Hurwitz as fast, middle-of-the-night flames of inspiration, but others start as sparks, simmering over the years as she thinks about the themes she wants to explore. For her recently-released scent Onycha, she began looking for materials in 1993. She had found many scents with the label of Onycha, named for a fragrance mentioned in Middle Eastern texts, Calvinistic texts and the Bible. [...] So she set off in search for the perfect mix that balanced ancient aromas of musk, smoky smells of incense and oceanic odors of a pleasant-smelling shellfish. After years of formulating the perfume in her head, she finally released the scent in 2015, more than 20 years after the idea first came to her.
— Read more at Making scents: How Boulder-based perfume artist Dawn Spencer Hurwitz crafts fragrances at Boulder Weekly.
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Shimotsuki ~ fragrance review
Indie perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz recently released the final “season” in her Haiku/Japan::Moonlight series, now comprised of Gekkou Hanami (Spring), Tsukiyo-en (Summer), Tsukimi (Autumn), and last but not least, Shimotsuki (Winter). Tsukimi was my favorite so far, but now I’m a bit smitten with Shimotsuki too…