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Natural Perfume |
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memory & desire
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poetry, perfume, and the artistic imagination
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Entirely Green
My relative ignorance of "green" perfumes has been both willful and convenient. Mostly willful because, until recently, I simply never liked any notes that I would have characterized as "green" and I actively hated the big, monstrous greens that are easily overapplied and never seem to smell good on anyone I know. Yes, I am thinking here of your favorite green perfumes, including, but not limited to: Chanel No 19, Estee Lauder Private Collection, Caron Muguet do Bonheur, Gres Cabotine, Carven Ma Griffe. 
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The Wake
I doubt we will ever see a fragrance launched with the name "Loss" or "Bitterness" or "Death" and this is one major difference between poetry and perfume. Perfume goes there, but it usually goes in a veil of ambiguity. 
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Nothing in Hand
"Keep me fully glad" by Rabindranath Tagore
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Extraordinary NYC: Odds and Ends
Thoughts about New York City, Sniffapalooza, Perfumes: The Guide, and National Poetry Month.
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Perfuming Literature: Interview with Christophe Laudamiel
Interview with perfumer Christophe Laudamiel, including his seleted poem, "Le Dormeur du Val" by Arthur Rimbaud.
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