As you may remember from my earlier post on Carbone de Balmain, I chose it as my “travel to Texas” scent. We packed all our worldly goods… Read more “Retrospective: On the road with Carbone de Balmain”
Tag: Green
Bond No. 9, Bleecker Street
I believe that perfumes tell tales, and the tale that Bleeker Street tells me is that of a well-scrubbed, well-dressed, intelligent young man. A young man who… Read more “Bond No. 9, Bleecker Street”
Perfume by colours
A recent discussion on BOTO got me thinking about how fragrance houses deliberately manipulate the colour of the juice to add to the mental picture you will… Read more “Perfume by colours”
First sniff: Chanel No 19 Poudré
I made haste to the Chanel counter at my local David Jones* today because Marina, the consultant, had left me a message saying that a tester was… Read more “First sniff: Chanel No 19 Poudré”
Carbone de Balmain
Nathalie Lorson created Carbone de Balmain in 2010, and it got some nice attention for bottle design at the Fifi’s, and some attention for the juice itself… Read more “Carbone de Balmain”
beauty on the outside 