© Panpote, Licensed to TSSSo, I wanted to prune a bit the trees of ideas first by bringing to the front what had already been said on the blog about the question of what it is to understand fragrance and...
Scented Thoughts Archives
30 of the Very Best Beach & Marine Fragrances - Part 1 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List}
Countryside by the sea © The Scented Salamander 30 OF THE VERY BEST BEACH & MARINE FRAGRANCES - PART I It's beach time! (in your mind)We could look at beach and marine fragrances from a purely practical and functional...
Video Interview with Perfumer Calice Becker from 2008 {Scented Thoughts}
Perfumer Calice Becker, the author of J'Adore by Dior, Tommy Girl, Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise for Men and Women, Calvin Klein Secret Obsession, Marc Jacobs Lola, Vera Wang Rock Princess and more, who works in New York City is interviewed...
Video Interview with Francis Kurkdjian by Série Limitée {Scented Thoughts}
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian offers his thoughts on perfume and perfumery to Les Echos Série Limitée. The interview is in French. Among other things, he prefers to oppose the notions of a "confidential" perfumery to a more mass-marketed one rather than...
Yves Saint Laurent Belle d'Opium (2010): More Information on the New-Generation Opium {New Perfume} {Fragrance News} {Scented Thoughts}
The official concept behind the anticipated public launch of Belle d'Opium is not very different from what Opium purported to be when it launched in 1977, to be a modern-day Shalimar better attuned to younger generations. Belle d'Opium plays the...
Cyber Perfume Cemeteries, Virtual Fragrant Memorial Stones {Scented Thoughts}
Perfumer tombstone, 2nd centuryAn interesting phenomenon which has been created by the anchoring of a 24/7 perfume discourse on the internet and the vast circulation of perfume lovers is the unanticipated for me appearance of virtual mini memorial sites spontaneously...
An Eye for Perfume, Always {Scented Thoughts}
When I watch movies, of course, I tend to notice more than your average person perfume scenes. In the past, I wrote about the movie in this regard, Perfume (I know, the 2nd part is still to be written) and...
Fragrance Shopping Tip of the Day: Nicolaï Eau Exotique still Available as Eau Turquoise...or How Words Matter in Perfumery
If you like to smell of fresh, tart mango for summer and/or regret the disappearance of Eau Exotique Eau Fraîche by Parfums de Nicolaï (2005), the scoop is that it was very discreetly reincarnated as Eau Turquoise (2008)......
Are Perfumistas Spoilt Brats? And The Hotel-Bathroom Test to Replace the Desert-Island One {Scented Thoughts}
As I am smelling the drydown of the new Trésor in Love in the quiet of the night, I have to ask myself: aren't perfumistas simply spoiled brats when it comes to fragrance? Honestly, this smells good. Earlier on today,...
A Trip to the Fragrant Castle: Chenonceau {Scented Thoughts}
This is a little zakuski of what's to come on the blog before I have to dash out (and come back.) Yesterday, we had a nearly last-minute inspiration to take a day off and travel to the Loire valley for...
Christophe Guillarmé Le Tapis Rouge (2010): Again on Celebrity Fragrances in France {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume} {Scented Thoughts}
If the French admittedly love perfume (especially in Paris and the South of the country), they seem to be less inclined to partake of the pleasures of celebrity fragrancing as if those two terms didn't mesh well. It must be...
The Latest Teachings in Perfumery are the Oxymoron and New Depth + Jo Malone Cologne Intense Collection (2010) {New Perfume} {Scented Thoughts}
Le saut dans le vide / The Leap into the Void, with Yves Klein. By Harry Shunk via Wikimedia Commons.By Chantal-Hélène WagnerLately, a number of perfumes have started trickling into the market which present a common point: the oxymoronic structure.They...
The Popularity of Clover Aromas and L.T. Piver Trèfle Incarnat in Literature and Perfume since the 19th Century {Scented Thoughts (on St Patrick's Day)}
Field of Clover © deepintheforestcat The Popularity of Clover Aromas, & of L.T. Piver Trèfle Incarnat in Particular, in Literature and Perfume since the 19th CenturyClover is one of those scents that like that of the violet can be considered...
The Pure White Trend in Fragrances: A Return to Fundamentals {Trend Alert}
Purity by Iran Issa-KhanOne perfumery trend which emerged from 2009 and is garnering momentum this spring and summer 2010 is the Pure White Trend in Fragrances. It is as if the recession had helped get people in touch with basics...
Valentine's Day 2010 & Beyond: Exploring Musk Oils - Part 2 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List}
Nudo con el calze rosse by Giuseppe De NittisI hope that you had a lovely Valentine's Day and that you celebrated in high or low style. A rose, a glass of wine, sweet words will do, at every opportune occasion...