Posted by Erin
on
23 October 2009
As it is for many people, fall is my favorite time of year. Perhaps this is because around here it is the most fragrant season: the cool, damp leaves send up a sweet, cidery rot, I could swear there is always a tinge of woodsmoke in the air, and the evergreens seem sharper and straighter as the deciduous competition flames out. Early every morning, after bumping around and out of my pitch-dark apartment, I take a deep draw of cool air and wonder if this smell is a regular olfactory hallucination, since I live in an urban neighborhood with bylaws against bonfires and no apple orchards for miles. Whether I am susceptible to seasonal scent suggestion disorder or not, I love the colors and skies of autumn, and the weather is often invigorating enough for me to look fondly upon the hooting, rowdy herds of schoolkids that suddenly appear on every sidewalk. Even if fall doesn’t make you feel this disgustingly cheerful, you can still spend your season of mists and mellow fruitfulness in gorgeous perfumes. Please comment with your own fall favorites and let me know if you’ve sampled the new Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles. I haven’t tried it yet, and am wondering whether it will be added to my current autumn Lutens rotation of Chêne, Santal Blanc and El Attarine.
Etro Shaal Nur: Rather like a more contemplative, citrus-tinged Habanita, this is an airy, incense-smoke version of Molinard’s classic vetiver-vanilla. While not being particularly strong — it’s better sprayed than dabbed — Shaal Nur has impressive projection…
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Posted by Robin
on
23 October 2009
CB I Hate Perfume has launched two new fragrances, M #4 A Room With a View and AmBrosius:
M #4 A Room With a View ~ “A Violet perfume inspired by a favorite passage from E M Forster. This perfume captures the scent of the hills above Florence…”
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Posted by Robin
on
7 April 2009
CB I Hate Perfume has launched a new Premium Accords series:
For quite a while now, I’ve been getting a lot of requests for certain Individual Accords either in Water Perfume or Travel/Trial size, which I completely understand. [...] So I’ve been thinking about what can be done about this for some time and have finally come up with a solution – CB Premium Accords…
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Posted by Robin
on
3 March 2009
M #2 Black March vies with Memory of Kindness as my favorite fragrance from CB I Hate Perfume. Memory of Kindness smells like early August; Black March, part of the Metamorphosis series, is what late March will smell like assuming all goes well (right now, we're blanketed in snow here). Perfumer Christopher Brosius was reportedly inspired by Stevie Smith's poem, Black March:
But I have seen his eyes, they are
As pretty and bright
As raindrops on black twigs
In March, and heard him say:
I am a breath
Of fresh air for you, a change
By and by.
Black March I call him
Because of his eyes
Being like March raindrops
On black twigs.
You can read the poem in its entirety at Memory and Desire….
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Posted by Robin
on
15 December 2008
CB I Hate Perfume has launched two new fragrances, M #3 November & Walking in the Air, and has released this year's holiday limited edition of the Gingerbread fragrance:
M #3 November ~ “For decades November depressed me. As the year died away, I too longed for warm green grass, long summer evenings spent with friends outdoors and the sight of fireflies twinkling in the woods….But i have learned to embrace November and find comfort in the beauty of decay.” With notes of pumpkin pie, fallen apples, bonfire…
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