American Perfumer Series on CaFleurebon and Drawing

I have two lines of amber testers going: one that adds cistus to Ambre Noir and makes a few other adjustments, and one that goes farther afield and adds some saffron and tobacco as well as the cistus.  The first seems much better now, and I’m playing with the rose note to see if I…

I recently tried a sample of Bond 9’s new Union Square fragrance and can pass my large sample vial on to someone else who would enjoy trying it.  I found it to be a pleasant green floral, but it’s not a scent that captured me so I don’t need to keep the sample.  Since it is…

Just wanted to say Happy Mother’s Day! A favorite topic on this day is what perfume your Mom wore and how that influenced your fragrance preferences and memories. My Mom didn’t wear fragrance when I was growing up so I really had no influence from her in that area, but my grandmother (my Mom’s mother)…