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Prince Matchabelli

Le 3 septembre 2008 à 19:17 sur 1000fragrances

I was unsure if this brand was still on the market until I've recently seen Marie-Hélène's review and Luca Turin's short presentation (he thought the name was a marketing invention). Prince Georges Vasili Matchabelli was an important name in American perfume industry of 30's and 50's (and even (...)

Politics and fragrance

Le 3 septembre 2008 à 13:54 sur 1000fragrances

Fragrance, as a form of luxury had always tight and not so well known relations with the power. Or politics in modern days. From the expensive spices to Catherine de Medicis, Louis XIV to XVI and later Napoleon I and III and modern moguls there is always an official history and a history that (...)

Guerlain - Dawamesk

Le 2 septembre 2008 à 22:11 sur 1000fragrances

Before Opium and its narcotic mythology there was Guerlain and Dawamesk - 1942, relaunched after the war and then renamed. From Baudelaire, les Paradis artificiels, a famous quote:"La plus usitée de ces confitures, le dawamesk, est un mélange d'extrait gras, de sucre et de divers aromates, tels (...)

Arpège quality

Le 2 septembre 2008 à 8:52 sur 1000fragrances

To see how beautiful was Arpège, rich and subtle compared to the very thin modern version, you can smell the Amouage Gold - quite close in spirit to the classic Lanvin perfume.That was André Fraysse's style - opulent jasmine and rose and the exquisite quality of ingredients, all blended in the (...)

Evernyl, a mossy story

Le 1er septembre 2008 à 17:24 sur 1000fragrances

"Evernile" is not an evergreen on Nile but the secret key to unlock chypre mysteries, deep into the mossy caves of the history. Several type of mosses have been used since a long period of time in fragrances (as infusion or powder) to provide long lasting qualities to ephemeral scents. But it (...)

Worth 1925

Le 30 août 2008 à 23:55 sur 1000fragrances

This forgotten house still holds some masterpieces to be rediscovered.

Musk oils (2)

Le 30 août 2008 à 17:23 sur 1000fragrances

One of the main characteristics of exotic countries is the heat. If today this is no more a problem for alcoholic vapos, hermetically closed, it was not the same 30 or 50 years ago. While luxury perfumes had sometime a special closure (but also many vintages evaporated though closed) this was (...)

Volcanic Musk

Le 30 août 2008 à 17:00 sur 1000fragrances

I've read in some fragrance descriptions this amazing phrase "volcanic musk". Well, it's not the fantasy of a marketing guy dreaming of musk effects on a hot skin ... but a molecule from Firmenich, quite new and called - Vulcanolide - a very strong musk. There are plenty of musk molecules today (...)

Musk oils (1)

Le 30 août 2008 à 16:46 sur 1000fragrances

"It's sensual, it's mystique, it goes back to the roots of perfumery, it's Arabian, it's skinscent…." I've heard many symbolic discussions around musk oils (from Kiehl's to Narciso Rodriguez, from the cheap drugstore to the exclusive ones). They are false in my opinion or at least they (...)

Fragrances from Antiquity

Le 30 août 2008 à 15:56 sur 1000fragrances

This week I found in Paris an amazing new book on fragrance history. A historical catalogue "Parfums de l'Antiquité" from Musée Mariemont. It deals with incense and roses in Antiquity, with a lot of new archaeological findings. It's rather an academic approach done by historians and focused on (...)