More IFRA News
Here’s an interesting blog post where IFRA responds to questions bloggers have raised:
http://graindemusc.blogspot.com/2009/05/ifras-stephen-weller-answers-grain-de.html
Tomorrow’s installment should be interesting too.
Here’s an interesting blog post where IFRA responds to questions bloggers have raised:
http://graindemusc.blogspot.com/2009/05/ifras-stephen-weller-answers-grain-de.html
Tomorrow’s installment should be interesting too.
The new rose scent is almost ready for testing. One ingredient is Bulgarian rose absolute from the variety of Rosa damascena called Kazanlak; the city of Kazanlak is located in the famous Rose Valley of Bulgaria where these fragrant deep pink roses are grown and harvested. A nursery near us, Russian River Roses, grows a…
Many people find the terms niche, indie, and artisan to be confusing, partly because brands use them loosely more for marketing than for clarification. As many more brands have entered the market, the meanings of these terms have become diluted, and small brands have looked for more specific words to describe what they do. I’m…
It is over 90 degrees with a little spring hot spell and I’m spoiled with armloads of roses, a few sprigs of pink jasmine, and the first sweet peas. The jasmine scent is taking over all else but it’s a treat. I’m getting a new jasmine sambac absolute that’s really lovely and look forward to…
First I wanted to say thank you to Ida for her lovely review of Ambre Noir on Fragrantica yesterday! I’ve heard from a number of people over the years that they like to use Ambre Noir as a layering fragrance, which makes sense to me. I’m still testing the new floral scent and tinkering a…
People comment that they often find a note or accord that seems to run in common between multiple scents in the same line. For example, people talk of the Guerlinade base, or the Tauerade base, or the way the Chanel brand’s style is associated with aldehydes. I can’t speak for other brands, but I’d like…
I took time out from testing new scents in progress to revisit a couple favorite men’s scents to decide which to get for my Dad’s upcoming birthday. I wanted something easy-going and good in our warm summers. Two candidates were Hermes Terre de Hermes and Divine’s L’Homme de Coeur. They are both wonderful, and neither one smells like…