Eau de Vertu (Aggelos Balamis for Angelos Creations Olfactives)
Perfume and the history of gargoyles.
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Ambre Premier (Jovoy)
5 perfume lovers' accounts of the first time they met (their version of) luxury.
Iron Wind (Tobali)
Perfume in relation to pareidolia and seeing faces in things.
Vanille de Tahiti (Perris Monte Carlo)
Perfume in relation to mirrors, self, and the alienness of the mere exposure effect.
Classic Orange (Camille Henfling II for Von Eusersdorff )
Perfume in relation to the Beatles, chorus lines, and writing music in an AABA structure.
Vaadhoo (Alienor Massenet for Memo)
Perfume in relation to historical travel posters.
Corpse Reviver (Bruno Fazzolari)
Perfume and the science of laughter.
fallintostars (Christophe Laudamiel for strangelove NYC)
Perfume in relation to fractals and other patterns.
Perverso (Spyros Drosopoulos for Baruti)
Perfume in relation to how attraction leads to satisfaction.
Monbloom (Ramon Monegal)
Perfume in relation to how women are connected trans-generationally through physical matrilineal ties.
3 for me: Jul et Mad
Perfume in relation to memory and childhood behind the Iron Curtain.
Heritage (François Merle-Baudoin for Fragrance du Bois)
Perfume in relation to pearls and how they're created.
Dolce Amalfi (Miroslav Perkov for Xerjoff Casamorati)
Perfume in relation to Keats, bicycles, my first French teacher, and the "Turkish trousers".
Hasu-no-Hana (Richard Melchio for Grossmith)
Perfume in relation to white as a function of light.
Montecristo (Delphine Thierry for Masque Milano)
Perfume in relation to sex work at Le Chabanais and history as recorded in the imaginary ledger of the owner.
Juriah (Sultan Pasha Attars)
Perfume in relation to Janus, palindromes, and the negative.
Classic Myrrh (Camille Henfling II for Von Eusersdorff )
Perfume in relation with Kandinsky, truffles, and electromagnetic fields.
Ditch & Amber Molecule (The Perfumer's Story by Azzi)
Perfume in relation with sperm, zinc, and angler fish.
perfume.sucks (Andreas Wilhelm)
This article was written and published for CaFleureBon and received a nomination for the Perfumed Plume Award. Edible iris drops. Collage...
Ligno (Vanina Muracciole for Jeroboam)
Perfume in relation with Lucio Dalla, sailors, and masts.
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