exclusivity, finery that nestles into our self-esteem and goes to work. We are entitled. We deserve it. It’s good for me. You’ve seen the chain of associations before.To wit: Custom made. First edition. Limited production. Handcrafted. Exclusive. Rare. 90 % locally sourced/10% from the exotic reaches of the globe (this one plays both sides) Small batch. The finest...

If he did, he’d continue to make Zahd, Baque and Rume.The Slumberhouse line’s perpetual flux tells me about the audience/market. Lobb prejudices quality over constancy. Slumberhouse’s dependability is in the caliber of the product, not in the regularity of its production. The perfumer reaches to the audience and the audience must reach back. He makes you work for it.So, the current line-up:Jeke...

Jardin played lavender from top to bottom, demonstrating what we know and love about lavender as well as showing us some new riffs.Lavender is also a pivotal piece in the the LRB concept, whether they view it as such or not. The proposition of the line is to take gorgeous ingredients from the far reaches of the planet and to task western perfumers with making perfume out of them....

my feelings?” Rosa ponders. “I hear rose perfumes have already arrived for the festival. I would so love to smell them because I’m not sure my family will let me go to the festival … or that I want to go.” Overjoyed, Nikola says, “Come. I will take you. No one will see us.” He reaches up to help her as Rosa climbs over the windowsill. He takes her hand. Together they run to the town center...

that they MUST occur - but that if you have planned for them, they are easily corrected.  And corrected "en masse" - just as they were made. Fragrance is beautiful because fragrance is a metaphor for everything - because it is almost metaphor itself, without words.  One thing it teaches us, is that we should trust another's creation, which we take in deeply.  Let that then be a metaphor for even...