Keiko Mecheri: Niche Perfumery
Keiko Mecheri has been a true force in niche and creative perfumery for over a decade. Keiko Mecheri, has been visionary in qualitative and artistic fragrance for over a decade and enjoys a “cult following” for her trendsetting fragrance Loukhoum, an olfactive tribute to the “Turkish Delight.” Keiko Mecheri has developed many innovative concept perfumes [Read the full story]
Florentine Master: Lorenzo Villoresi
The first time I wrote about a Lorenzo Villoresi perfume, I had no information about its creator. I had smelled Piper Nigrum in the early days of my employment at The Perfume Shoppe, and its narritive quite literally blew me away. I had no pre-conceived notions prior to smelling the fragrance, but decided instead, to journey [Read the full story]
Pierre Guillaumme: Olfactory Trifecta
When I first came to work at The Perfume Shoppe, I was in a state of wonder. I had been composing Bespoke Perfumes for so many years that, by design, I had no real awareness of what was happening in the niche or commercial fragrance movements. It was a magnificent and humbling awakening to discover [Read the full story]
Sultan’s Dream
Emerging from the far away land of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman, Amouage exists like a supreme mirage of serenity and opulence. The construction of the 27 year old perfumery was the answer to a dream that His Highness Sayyid Hamad bin Hamoud al bu Said had envisioned to restore the great Arabian art [Read the full story]
Fragrance According to Etro
In the late 1960′s, inspired by his many travels and deep love of history, Gerolamo Etro introduced his fashion house to the world. Today, his four children are the force behind Etro and have grown the brand into a sophisticated global force! In the late 80′s, Etro introduced it’s first fragrance line and today, Etro [Read the full story]
Penhaligon’s: A Proper British Phenomenon
In 1870,William Henry Penhaligon, a barber by trade opened a barber’s shop in St. James, just a stone’s throw from the fashionable Turkish Baths. Emerging from the purifying vapors, the gentlemen of London headed off to Penhaligon’s shop to have their sideburns trimmed and their freshly shaved cheeks splashed with his wonderful fragrances. Penhaligon was [Read the full story]
