Final reminder: deadline for the Yatagan/L’air du desert Marocain samples drawing is midnight, Sept.3rd (Wednesday). Leave a comment – any comment – and you’re automatically entered!I’m trying to sort all of this regulation/restriction stuf…
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Art vs. Commerce
September 2nd, 2008 — , Perfume, oakmoss, restrictions, treemoss from Abigail @ OlfactaRama
Natural Perfumers Guild Member Cropwatch Warns of Oakmoss Being Banned in Europe
August 29th, 2008 — , natural perfumers guild, oakmoss, sccp, tony burfield from Anya @ *A Natural Perfumers Guild
The EU Moves Closer to Banning OakmossCedarmoss growing on Cedrus atlantica in High Atlas, Morocco.Picture: T. BurfieldIs the sale and use of fragrant lichen commoditiesto become virtually illegal in Europe?From the forthcoming Cropwatch Newsletter &am…
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How the Gods trick us into hubris
April 24th, 2008 — , Alpona, Caron, Chypre, Ernest Daltroff, Review, discontinued, oakmoss from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
I distinctly recall the first time I tested Alpona: it was the holiday season of 2006 and I had come very late to the cult, considering my perfume habit dates back to the time I was collecting minis and mixing (nay, ruining) my mother’s expensive perfu…
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April 21st, 2008 — , Forget me Not, Green Floral, Monthly Feature, Nina Classic, Nina Original, Nina Ricci, oakmoss from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Maria ‘Nina’ Nielli was born to an Italian family from Turin. The family relocated to France in 1895 when Nina was just 12 and by the age of 13, the young girl was already an apprentice to a dressmaker. Her considerable talent did not go unnoticed: by 18 she was already the head of the salon and at 22 she became its chief designer. Her marriage to jeweler Luigi Ricci bore an only son, Robert
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Une Histoire de Chypre by Molinard and Aedes
March 11th, 2008 — , Chypre, Review, aedes, dominique camilli, exclusive, molinard, niche, oakmoss from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
If there is one fragrance family that has a very specific history and timeline to its emergence it is the chypre one. Perfume Shrine has explored the historical intricasies shrouding the chypre genre as well as its classifications and production, so re…
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fathers, sons, and ghosts
January 25th, 2008 — clove, cologne, hair, hats, musings, musk, oakmoss, poems, woods from Heather @ memory & desire
My Father’s Hats - by Mark Irwin - Sunday mornings I would reach high into his dark closet while standing on a chair and tiptoeing reach higher, touching, sometimes fumbling the soft crowns and imagine I was in a forest, wind hymning through pines, where the musky scent of rain clinging to damp earth was his scent I loved, lingering on bands, leather, and on the inner silk crowns where I would smell his hair and almost think I was being held, or climbing a tree, touching the yellow fruit, leaves whose scent was that of clove in the godsome…
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January 24th, 2008 — , Perfume, Poetry, clove, cologne, hair, hats, musings, musk, oakmoss, poems, woods from Heather @ memory & desire
My Father’s Hats - by Mark Irwin - Sunday mornings I would reach high into his dark closet while standing on a chair and tiptoeing reach higher, touching, sometimes fumbling the soft crowns and imagine I was in a forest, wind hymning through pines, whe…
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November 27th, 2007 — Review, gainsbourg, jane birkin, l'air de rien, miller harris, musk, name of the rose, oakmoss, review, sexy from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Jane Birkin piqued the imagination of thousands when she sighed heavily throughout “Je t’aime, moi non plus”, the Gainsbourg song that Brigitte Bardot had refused to sing and which the Vatican renounced as sinful. Her personality, her insouciance…
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November 15th, 2007 — Chypre, Galbanum, Review, christian dior, commercial, dior series, edmond roudnitska, inside, levis, ma griffe, miss dior, oakmoss, paul vacher, slitskin from helg @ Perfume Shrine
“I will tell you of a perfume which my mistress has from the graces and the gods of love; when you smell it, you will ask of the deities to make of you only a nose”. It is in those words that the Roman writer Catullus speaks of the seductive guiles…
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more ashtrays to empty
October 27th, 2007 — ashtray, cigarette, earth, musings, oakmoss, poems, tobacco, vetiver, woods from Heather @ memory & desire
As it turns out, the previous post on ashtray-smelling fragrances (that weren’t ashtray-like to me after all) wasn’t enough. I’ve been mucking about in the raw materials recently and I have discovered some real, for true, three day-old wet heaping ashtray elements among them: oakmoss, vetiver, guaiac wood, and tobacco absolute.
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October 26th, 2007 — , ashtray, cigarette, earth, musings, oakmoss, poems, tobacco, vetiver, woods from Heather @ memory & desire
Smoking - by Elton Glaser - I like the cool and heft of it, dull metal on the palm, And the click, the hiss, the spark fuming into flame, Boldface of fire, the rage and sway of it, raw blue at the base And a slope of gold, a touch to the packed tobacco…
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October 15th, 2007 — Balmain, Diva, Floral Chypre, Forget me Not, Fragrance, Ivoire, Monthly Feature, Mossy, Paloma Picasso, Perfume, Review, Ungaro, oakmoss from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
It is the third Monday of the month, which means Fragrance Bouquet and For the Love of Perfume are writing about yet another classic. For this month’s feature, TMH and I have chosen Ungaro’s Diva, a perfume that I have for a while been craving to see reviewed by dear TMH, as it is so close to her heart. I only discovered Diva a couple of years ago myself and am glad for it, as I do not see it
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October 8th, 2007 — Bandit, Caron, Chypre, Coty, Guerlain, aphrodite, archaic, christian dior, cubism, edmond roudnitska, fauves, l'origan, la rose jacqueminot, mitsouko, oakmoss, picasso, sous le vent, venus from helg @ Perfume Shrine
By guest writer Denyse Beaulieu/CarmancanadaWhen friends complained to Pablo Picasso that the portrait of Gertrude Stein he’d just painted didn’t look like her, he answered something along the lines of: “Don’t worry. It will.”Though the famou…
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Chypre series 3: the new contestants
October 3rd, 2007 — Chanel, Chypre, agent provocateur, badgley mischka, bergamot, coco mlle, masaki, miss dior cherie, modern, narciso, oakmoss, pink, pure turqoise patchouli, vetiver from helg @ Perfume Shrine
In our quest for chypre perfumes we stumble upon a peculiar phenomenon: there are scarcely any true chypres getting produced in the last 25 years!! Why is that? The answer is two-fold and fascinating in its denuement.First of all there is the matter of…
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Chypre series 2: ingredients
October 2nd, 2007 — Chypre, aldehydic, allergen, animal, breakdown, cancer, formula, ingredients, luca turin, notes, oakmoss, peach from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Perfume lovers are well aware of the fact that “notes” in perfume denote only the feel that certain ingredients emote and not necessarily the exact ingredients that go into the composition of the final product. Such is the case with chypre perfumes as …
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October 1st, 2007 — Chypre, Coty, Labdanum, archeological dig, bergamot, chord, oakmoss, origin, roman from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Chypre…word of chic, word of antiquity. Pronounced SHEEP-ruh, it denotes a fragrance family that is as acclaimed as it is shrouded in mystery. Usually this is the first piece of perfume lingo any self-respecting perfumeholic learns; and learns to pro…
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