November 4th, 2007 — Art, Chypre, aesthetics, christian dior, diorama, diorella, diorling, eau sauvage, edmond roudnitska, femme, miss dior, paul vacher, rochas from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Perfume Shrine embarked on a mission: to disect and discuss one of the bastions of chypre: la maison Dior in its former glory, when under the baguette of Edmond Roudnitska and Paul Vacher it produced classics that remain up there in the pantheon for al…
Continue reading → The Dior Chypres series ~1.the hidden force: Edmond Roudnitska
October 8th, 2007 — 19, Bandit, Chanel, Coty, Estee Lauder, Guerlain, cabochard, caleche, charlie, chronology, chypre series, diorella, edmond roudnitska, femme, ma griffe, miss dior, picasso, saint phalle, zeitgeist from helg @ Perfume Shrine
It has long been my opinion that fragrances do not merely reflect their makers’ vision or the desire to attain beauty and harmony through an ethereal means such as the fume of a precious liquid. They are routinely shaped by the circumstances that defin…
Continue reading → Chypre series 5: chronology and the zeitgeist
May 31st, 2007 — absolute, diorella, eau sauvage, edmond roudnitska, first, hedione, indole, jean claude ellena, kirlian photography, natural, notes, piesse, ylang ylang from helg @ Perfume Shrine
As we examined previously, jasmine is an integral part of most fine perfumes’ bouquet and the varieties used render their own specific variables to the end result. But why is jasmine so prized over other natural or synthetic essences? And why is it a…
Continue reading → Jasmine Series: part 2 ~the role of jasmine in perfumery
