Imaginary Authors – A Trio

“Imaginary Authors offers wildly unique fragrances born from the concept of scent as art and art as provocation. Like a good book, these scents are meant to inspire you. In these bottles are layered narratives that are sure to generate stirring conversation, fragrances that might be capable of changing the course of your own personal...

Four from Sarah Baker

“Inspired by the cultural melting pot and fragrance hub of the Ancient World with its bustling markets and port. Combines oud with the freshness of a cologne tradition. ClasEach of our fragrances tells a story. Each juice whisks you off to fantastic worlds of glamour, adventure, romance or pure hedonism. Their scented tales are inspired...

Unwound

"The spring sky combines the typical and unique olfactory notes of linden blossom…  this slightly floral, honeyed and spicy nutmeg note that can be noticed throughout Berlin, with a fresh CAVOK accord, Marie’s interpretation of the slightly ozonic and crystalline blue sky. The construction is rather linear (not really the typical head, heart, base)… more...

Salty Air Fossil

AVANTGARDISM: “Zeitgeist is a new composition of the long-standing perfume brand J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin: it embodies the contrasting multifacetedness of the presence and its sensual dichotomy. A conglomerate of sexiness and freshness, changeability and avantgarde." Click Play, to hear my thoughts on this one. HouseJ.F. Schwarzlose BerlinOriginGermanyFragranceZeitgeistYear2012NoseVéronique NybergConcentrationEDPGenderU/FSeason/MoodLate Winter into Mid SpringSize/Cost50ml/$156SourceJ.F. Schwarzlose Berlin SoundtrackAlgae...

A Blue Wave

GRECIAN ECHO: “The persistent freshness of an ancient form. The waves of fragrance that flood Aegean isles from all directions in the heat of the day, shifting shape under the starry sky of night. Is this the secluded island where an affair of mythological proportions plays out? Apollo or Callas? Or a bit of both?...

The Sarah Baker Range

BETTER SEAS + GARDENS (& unexpected journeys): From US-born, UK Based Sarah Baker, a visual artist and brand ambassador comes a flight of fancy. My first impressions of Sarah Baker Perfumes' Discovery Set include eight fragrances in all. These are all Extrait de Parfum. Broken down there are four noses here including: Sarah McCartney, Andreas...

EP 87: Futuristic eScape

A GLITCH IN TIME: The house of Orto Parisi has concocted a marvelously subtle parfum that will immerse you on the coastal (l)edge. Megamare is, what Smallflower aptly describes as a fragrance that transports: "The sea takes you to the shores of new lands, and calls you to meet down there  — Through the salty...