Returning are our friends from smallflower.com/Merz Apothecary (Dana and Grace Ann) to help us with this second in a three-month long miniseries focused on one house monthly. This time around our exploration into the Paris-based house Diptyque for the very … Continue reading In Full Bloom with Smallflower feat. Diptyque
“Zdravetz. It literally translates as ‘health,’ and this herb has a lot of traditional medicinal and symbolic use. The essential oil is rare (and costly) and the supply is unpredictable, so it’s not used in mainstream perfumes. It’s very tenacious … Continue reading Rosy Leather Offering
HOUSE: IlkORIGIN: UKFRAGRANCES: Devious, Fantasist, Libertine, VirtuousYEAR: 2020NOSE: Annabella Fasano-Leslie + Holly HutchinsonCONCENTRATION: Extrait de ParfumSIZE/COST: 50ml / $164SOURCE: https://www.ilkperfume.com/entershop Devious: While all these fragrances are layer-able and unisex, I’m going to explore them one at a time, starting here with Devious. This opens up like oozing liquid gold, and then the dancefloor ditty ‘I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)’ starts to re-play in my head. This reminds me of some of the best club nights ever. The spice is tight and right. It’s like wood and tobacco and sin. You can call it the devious seducer. That bitter almond … Continue reading Ilk in Quartet
NU-PATINA: “Fiery red metal, yet cool to the touch. The clarity of contrast. The newest from CDG is a provocative olfactive exploration of perceived differences and harmonious alignment built around another everyday material worthy of re-evaluation: copper….Is this a photo-perfect … Continue reading Conductivity For You + Me
SIMILAR NOT THE SAME: Barry Lyndon: “In the wide and enchanting meadows of the Val d’Aosta, Maria Candida feels the presence of Barry Lyndon. The steps of the young Barry echo in the mist through the paths covered with the … Continue reading Catching Light
“Withering under a full moon passion as your darkest side emerges. Limbs sinuous and contorted by dark obsessions within the smokey and decadent opium den of old Chinatown. Banishing the days negativity with Rituals of comfort.” House Fløre Origin Canada Fragrance … Continue reading Ceremony of Subtleties
“Intent on getting lost in heady afflictions. Richly rubbery, stubbornly unattainable, inviting to touch. Hot like a sun-licked car bonnet yet smooth like the inside of an oyster shell. A familiar scene that’s hard to catch and harder to forget. … Continue reading Anticipation
“He speaks to us, reveals to us, completes us. The role of perfume is to transcend what comes to us from the animal, to know how to find one’s way through the smell, to leave a trace of us. Unconsciously, … Continue reading Mixing Colors
“Enigmatic lights in the alleyways, diffuse shadows of red lanterns reflected on damp and sparkling sidewalks. An exhilarating night walk in the dampness of an Asian night. Elegance in chiaroscuro, a scene from Wong Kar-wai. As the other creations by … Continue reading Lavender By Night
We are so proud to bring back our friends from smallflower.com/Merz Apothecary to help us with this three-month long miniseries focused on one house monthly (through June). So, a gracious welcome back to Dana and Grace Ann as we explore … Continue reading In Full Bloom with Smallflower featuring JHAG
“Panah is a London based brand focused on Artisanal Luxury. Panah prides itself on being one of the very few British brands working alongside skilled craftsmen across the world. Panah London started its line of niche perfumes in 2016. Panah … Continue reading Blushing Rose
DOUBLE FUN: Two Dimensions, Two Very Different Stories To Tell… Misfit — “Billy was just fourteen from Greenville Georgia, a small bible belt town of 20.000 people, very conservative, churches on every other dirt road, he was fresh out of … Continue reading Night & Day
