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Tag Archives: Caron
Twelve Smells of Christmas – Day Seven: The Christmas Flower
Is certainly not poinsettia, which isn’t a flower anyway, only a set of colored bracts around a stunted central flower head. The only bloom with a scent that you can easily find in December is the carnation. It tends to … Continue reading
What Becomes a Legend? What Does a Legend Become?
I have been reading about Wallis Warfield Simpson, aka the Duchess of Windsor. She has become the strangest mosaic of pariah and icon that I can think of. The resulting likeness, assembled over decades, resembles a Chuck Close portrait with … Continue reading
Posted in People, Perfume
Tagged Camilla Parker Bowles, Caron, Floris, Joy, L'Heure Bleue, Malmaison, Mitsouko, Private Collection. Estee, Tabac Blond
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Three’s a Party
This is my way of expressing a piece of advice I came across in an old perfume book. The Book of Perfume (Barille and Laroze, 1995) suggests ways in which to keep some aesthetic order in your perfume collection. The … Continue reading
The Year Round Floral
The decision of whether or not to change a perfume seasonally is probably not a problem for many individuals. In fact, it’s almost certainly not a problem, since most people wouldn’t think twice about this, but I being the Anglo/Scottish … Continue reading
Down a Lazy River Before the Blitzkrieg
Of all the old Patou perfumes, the one that many people seem to love the best is Vacances. Some smellers even claim it as their ideal scent, the one they’d pick if the perfume world suddenly turned small and ungenerous, … Continue reading
Posted in Perfume
Tagged 1000, Alpona, Caron, Patou, Que Sais Je, Vacances, Vent Vere
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Befriending the Bandit
Sometimes I think that the first perfumer anyone who is interested in perfume learns about is Germaine Cellier (1909-1976?). This figures, because she was such a glamorous entity. There she is, in black and white photos, wearing her well-fitted tailleurs … Continue reading
Posted in People, Perfume
Tagged Aramis, Azuree Estee, Balmain, Bandit, Cabochard, Caron, Chanel, Coeur Joie, Cuir de Russie, Eau d’Issy, Fracas, Germaine Cellier, Jean Cocteau, Jolie Madame, Koto, La Nuit, Lancome, Lanvin, Lauder Derby Guerlain, Miss Balmain, Monsieur Balmain, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Parure, Robert Piguet, Scandal, Shiseido, Sikkim, Tabac Blond, Vent Vert
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Some Like it Hot
Then there is the perfume in which the whole spicy carnation floweriness I have been writing about sinks in a morass of heavier, hotter materials like a bouquet in a lava flow. The one time floral composition becomes an oriental … Continue reading
Posted in People, Perfume
Tagged Alpona, Caron, Coup de Fouet, En Avion, Ernest Daltroff, Farnesiana, Felicie Vanpouille, Feminite du Bois, Guerlain, Michel Morsetti, Narcisse Noir, Nuit de Noel, Or et Noir, Parfum Sacre, Poivre, Shiseido, Tabac Blond
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The Carnation Factotum
Sometimes floral notes are out of step with the times. It’s not that they have two left feet and can’t dance to contemporary tempos. It’s our fault, because we keep changing the beat. Right now we like to drink all … Continue reading
Doubling Down
Sometimes plant hybridizers go for broke. They’re going to do everything, the color, the size, the heat resistance, the double blooms. In the mad race to twirl around those chromosomes faster than you can say Watson and Crick and select … Continue reading
Posted in Plants
Tagged Antique Fantasy Mixed, Antonia Bellanca, Bicolour Mixed, Caron, Floret, Fragrant for Cutting, Fragrantissima, Heirloom Mixed, Hi Scent, Lolita Lempicka, Lytton Strachey, Painted Lady, Pois de Senteur, Si Lolita, Sweet dreams, Sweet Peas, Thompson and Morgan, Watson and Crick
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Cowering Under a Leaf
Although green scents often give the impression of boldness and freshness, there are some that are distinctly…retiring. The violet, to be precise. I suppose I could go into a long disquisition on violet scents because the public never seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Perfume, Plants
Tagged Caron, Guerlain, viola odorata., violette de Madame, Violette Precieuse
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