Douce Amère’s sonorous name, meaning “bittersweet” in French, brings back memories of childhood with a Prustian rush: the precarious balance of bitter and sweet like a poisonous plant, like bitter sightshade; the smell of danger and dare of a bitters …
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Break This Bittersweet Spell on Me
April 10th, 2008 — , Review, Serge Lutens, absinthe series, anise, apocalyptica, artemisia, bittersweet, douce amere, rasmus, ville valo, wormwood, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Absinthe Series 3: fragrances of intoxication
April 6th, 2008 — , Angelica, Review, absinthe series, list, wormwood, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
In our investigation of how absinthe has inspired artists, writers, as well as filmmakers, we must return to the art of perfumery with its vast ability to evoke reminiscences. Many fragrances have drawn upon la fée verte in recent years and its herbal…
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New Series: Absinthe, Anise and Wormwood
April 2nd, 2008 — , Film, absinthe series, absinthia taetra, anise, dracula, ernest dowson, from hell, history, hyssop, wormwood, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Our new Series takes you into the realm of the forbidden and the bohemian, the realm of the “green fairy that lives in the absinthe” and all the terrors and fascinations she produces in art and perfumery. Perfume Shrine has already tentatively shown a …
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