Nabucco is a word of mouth perfume house (and an Italian opera by Verdi). There are three perfumes in the collection – Amatys, Nabucco and LOV. The first two fragrances were released way back in 2007, so you can’t accuse this brand of a tsunami of fast fashion like […]
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A Morning At The Grasse Headquarters of Nana. M Perfumes
I recently spent a lovely morning at the headquarters of Nana. M, a new French perfume house situated in the hills of Grasse. Fiona Tiberi, the Product Manager was the perfect host and patiently introduced me to the collection of eight perfumes. Céline Ripert is the founder […]
Paris : 10 Perfumes Celebrating The City Of Light
The Paris attacks as you can imagine have dominated the news coverage in France this week. I’ve felt a combination of sadness and anger, and an acknowledgement that this will not be an isolated incident. Of course the ongoing situation is complex. And yes terrorism […]
Pitti Fragranze 2015 Day Three : Scent Adventures : New Discoveries And More …
So Day Three at Pitti Fragranze rolled around far too quickly. There was a small earthquake in Florence that morning, although large enough to wake me around 3am. An early wake up call if you will. You can also read about my scent adventures on Day One […]
Pitti Fragranze 2015 : Day Two : Perfumes Galore
Day Two at Pitti Fragranze was open to the public as well as buyers, distributors and press. As expected it was buzzing. First up was Histoires de Parfums. This is a brand with some great perfumes up its sleeve. I have 1969 Parfum de Revolte in my […]
Happy Monday : Scent Of The Day : Mini Review : Chergui From Serge Lutens : My First Perfume Love
Today I sprayed on Chergui, another fabulous scent from Serge Lutens and his perfumer supremo, Christopher Sheldrake. I adore Lutens and his oeuvre, and have written about Tubereuse Criminelle, Douce Amère, La Religieuse and Bas de Soie on these pages, but this is only a […]
Summer Perfumes : My Top 10 : 2015
Summer has hit the South of France with a vengeance. It’s stinking hot already and I live in a non air conditioned house so have become a dab hand with a bottle of Evian Facial Spray while standing in front of the fan. And no we […]
Perfume News : Discovering New Blood At Esxence
There were many new brands vying for attention at Esxence. For a newcomer it was slightly overwhelming not knowing where to begin and with only limited time the pressure was on. If I get to Pitti in September or make another visit to Esxence, I’ll be rethinking […]
Esxence : Day 3 : The Brands I Wanted To Get My Nose On
Esxence was manic. There were still so many stands to visit and I realised I was never going to get around to view and smell everything I wanted to. So my plan was to visit a few newish houses and discover some brands that were […]
Esxence Day 2 : Extended Discovery Session : Masque Milano, Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 and Pierre Guillaume
My first visit on Day 2 was to Masque Fragranze Milano founded by Alessandro Brun and Riccardo Tedeschi. I met with cofounder Alessandro Brun who spent time taking me through the range and talking through the ideas behind the creation of their perfume house. Interestingly the two creative […]
Top 10 Favourite Winter Warm Up Perfumes
February is my least favourite month in France. It’s cold and quite frankly a tad dull. But to be fair the South of France is really nowhere near as cold as other parts of the world in winter and in fact it has the odd […]
Valentines Day : My Top 10 Rose Perfume Picks
So the day of LOVE is rolling around. An old flame disdainfully described going out to dinner on this evening as akin to the couplings on Noah’s Ark. Anyhow I’m always up for a mini celebration, whatever it may be and for many it’s a good excuse to […]
