tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280375862012-01-26T20:42:08.953-05:00IndieperfumesConnecting to nature and beauty through the sense of smell and perfumeLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-44031544592337899822012-01-22T07:46:00.003-05:002012-01-22T09:30:09.313-05:002012-01-22T09:30:09.313-05:00Aroma M Amber Rouge – Amber Heat
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Heinrich Kuhn 1908
These are perfumes that keep quite a few tricks up their and your proverbial sleeves.
They unfurl at their own pace, are as delicate and changeable as a mood and yet come on at the start with forthright strength and straight-forward honesty. But you need to be quiet and pay close attention. They transmute and shape-shift. They are perfumes that may even be best appreciatedLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-57359748006817946712011-12-25T19:32:00.004-05:002011-12-26T20:59:52.264-05:002011-12-26T20:59:52.264-05:00Some Delights of the Year in Indieperfumes – 2011 – Perfumes Not Safe for WorkThis was a year where I wanted and found a number of perfume experiences that plunged into romanticism, ornamental decorativeness and grace. I’ve been craving dimensional, rich, deep perfumes that would transport me into the power of the materials and associations around them. Even give a sense of participating in the symbolic worlds the olfactory materials have worn themselves, bestowed on Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-40694296244312608212011-12-04T22:04:00.001-05:002011-12-05T07:35:56.047-05:002011-12-05T07:35:56.047-05:00Hedera Helix by Roxana Villa
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In the words of Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-81344070616857680952011-10-27T13:10:00.002-04:002011-11-27T19:26:19.235-05:002011-11-27T19:26:19.235-05:00Aftelier Oud Luban – Clarimonde Part 5Mandy Aftel created her perfume interpretation of the Clarimonde story in solid form. Solid perfumes are a big favorite of mine for many reasons, the portability, the hold close to the skin, the longevity, the softness. Of course, Oud Luban is fully natural, of the finest materials available, so I have been wearing it above my upper lip, in a trick I learned from Mandy Aftel in a lecture she Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-73565478756763943012011-10-21T21:52:00.002-04:002011-11-27T19:39:35.027-05:002011-11-27T19:39:35.027-05:00Clarimonde Part 4- Perfume and Wine, Immortal Mine and LostPastRemembered
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Dearest MonicaLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-8076262592660628222011-10-07T23:07:00.003-04:002011-10-08T07:53:11.866-04:002011-10-08T07:53:11.866-04:00Clarimonde Part 2 - Vintage Perfumes and Heat for the ColdI see the story of Clarimonde and the properties of perfume side by side in an affinity of nuance, sensuality and even a reach into either romance or decadence, depending on how you want to look at either of them.
By chance and the gracious generosity of Yesterday's Perfume, I was recently introduced to a set of vintage perfumes, and it's a rich new world for me. The few vintage perfumes I Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-4082657401281545272011-10-02T20:20:00.001-04:002011-11-27T19:43:27.707-05:002011-11-27T19:43:27.707-05:00The Clarimonde Project/& Sharif Give-Away
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/* Style Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-2235798550967520522011-09-21T20:40:00.004-04:002011-09-28T20:30:24.341-04:002011-09-28T20:30:24.341-04:00Brooklyn Perfumers - Therapeutate/Rodney HughesRodney Hughes of Therapeutate is a Brooklyn fine artist and natural perfumer, using fully natural plant essences in botanical alcohol and distilled water. He has been very busy, attentively calibrating a number of aromatic experiences that are warm, lush, rich, deep deep deep, and of such luxuriousness as to enter the territory of opulence.
He embroiders the details of his perfumes' top notes Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-27981399806928692162011-09-12T08:24:00.005-04:002011-09-19T21:11:59.026-04:002011-09-19T21:11:59.026-04:00Pandora - DSH
Pandora is a perfume of almost entirely botanical elements, with approximately 2.5% man-made notes of aldehyde and ozone, which fix, uplift and diffuse all the fragile botanical essences without taking away any of the gentleness and calm of their wholesome nature.
The note list is as follows:
Top: ruby fruits (botanical accord), bergamot, aldehyde, spice notes, ozone, violet leaf absolute,Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-20110903716797893392011-09-05T08:23:00.001-04:002011-09-05T08:33:52.287-04:002011-09-05T08:33:52.287-04:00Scent Memories
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Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-44540957749079837192011-08-18T22:14:00.003-04:002011-08-19T08:25:29.961-04:002011-08-19T08:25:29.961-04:00DSH Secrets of Egypt Collection - Timeless AllureI LOVE THE perennially intriguing and glamorous style of ancient Egypt, as so many have before me, from the interior design of the Napoleonic era to the Art Deco skyscraper architects in New York to the Hollywood directors who made classic films about Cleopatra. I was so excited about ancient Egypt when I was a kid. It's a pretty common obsession because the imagery is so vivid. All those Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-73494652808875809222011-08-07T14:05:00.002-04:002011-08-19T21:54:10.794-04:002011-08-19T21:54:10.794-04:00Haute Claire by Aftelier & Sharif by La Via del Profumo - With a Special Double Giveaway
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Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-50268023367703710072011-07-31T16:52:00.000-04:002011-07-31T16:52:54.286-04:002011-07-31T16:52:54.286-04:00Neil Morris Fragrances – Spirit of Water, Drifting, Rainflower, Intimate LilyThis is further to my last, as correspondents used to like to say in the days of real paper and ink:
Dear Reader,
Greetings from Swamplandia. We now have days when the weather is so bad for so long that I wonder if perfume can be worn at all. The city is a furnace, and still heavy air full of dampness blankets everything with heaviness. This is week a bit less bad than last, but I understandLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-92086572317442762462011-07-22T21:29:00.001-04:002011-07-29T09:21:06.640-04:002011-07-29T09:21:06.640-04:00Neil Morris Fragrances – A Rose is a Rose, Storm, Midnight Star
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Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-5315496633257965102011-07-05T20:10:00.001-04:002011-07-05T22:08:25.782-04:002011-07-05T22:08:25.782-04:00Patchouli Part 4 -Mysteries, Answers & the Winners AreThis Summer of Patchouli Love project has opened many doors to the mysteries of natural perfume creation by some of its most skilled and inspired perfumers. Some of the participants have started to share their creative process in detail, and I find it fascinating. I highly recommend you open the highlighted links below, because these are the three perfumers who made the patchouli perfumes that Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com6