archive June 2010

Passionate // Boadicea The Victorious

June / 30 / 2010

Boadicea The Victorious was launched in 2009 by British hair stylist Michael Boadi. The collection comprised many scents at the day of its premiere and counts today 17 fragrances, an agarwood collection that consists of eight scents, as well as 16 limited editions and private perfumes. I have chosen an oud scent from this extensive collection [...]

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rubj // Vero Profumo

June / 24 / 2010

rubj Extrait de Parfum is an alluring and intense floriental with animalic depth. The opening is dominated by an innocent orange blossom scent that gets a fruity note combined with tangerine. The slightly bitchy jasmine is tamed by a sweet tuberose. In the base we have an animal mixture of leather, patchouli, woody notes, musk [...]

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Vero Kern // Vero Profumo

June / 18 / 2010

During an exclusive Perfume Lounge event at Münzclub in Berlin last week I met Swiss perfumer Vero Kern. Her creations are a tribute to the classic French art of perfumery. If somebody asked me to describe the scents with three words I would say: timeless meets Zeitgeist. Right to the point. With her wonderful Extraits [...]

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Bois d’Ombrie // Eau d’Italie

June / 15 / 2010

On Sunday I was riding my bike through the summery forest in Brandenburg. It smelled of freshly sawn wood, lilies of the valley, birches and pines everywhere. When I came home I looked for a woody scent and decided to try Bois d’Ombrie (The woods of Umbria) by Eau d’Italie – a creation of Bertrand [...]

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De Bachmakov // The Different Company

June / 11 / 2010

The France-Russia-Year, which will take place in both countries in 2010, was the perfect occasion for Thierry de Baschmakoff, Art Director of The Different Company, to pay tribute to his Russian origin. In collaboration with Céline Ellena he has created De Bachakov, a nearly botanical scent with an Asian touch – Baschmakoff’s ode to Russia: [...]

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