Products in the “Exclusive Perfumes” Category

Susinon was a luxurious and strongly scented lily perfume that was made by the  Egyptians as well as the Greeks, but the Egyptian version was thought to “excel most’. This fabulous fragrance was also used by Cleopatra to scent the sails of her royal barge, perfuming the air along the Nile as she sailed, proclaiming herself as Goddess and Queen. The exhaustive recipe for Susinon calls for spices and resins to first be soaked in fragrant wine and balanos oil to be prepared. When the oil ready, it is added to the spices along with 1,000 lilies. Interestingly, in our time a lily perfume would be almost exclusively worn by women, but for the ancient Egyptians, Susinon was one perfume deemed suitable for a man.
* 1,000 LILIES PERFUME has been created for Denver Art Museum’s KING TUT exhibit, 2010.

Alluring. Refined. Otherworldly.

My own personal amber perfume made more balsamic and rich with a classic floral heart for those of us who love amber but usually find it too sweet to wear.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

Caressing. Enveloping. Passionate.

A rich red rose perfume.

* sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

A Summer patchouli design…my *entry* design for the “Summer of Patchouli Love 2011″ / Peace, Love and Patchouli! project.  A suave and elegant patchouli perfume with a sexy, bohemian twist: a note of cannabis is hidden in the mix.

100% botanical perfume.

It is a Paris night.  Dark and sophisticated, it evokes late concerts in smoke filled rooms…sipping coffee and listening to jazz.  Captivating  and sensual, Cafe Noir is an oriental fragrance that harmonizes spice, floral, resin and wood notes with the beloved aroma of black coffee. Cafe Noir fuses classical sensibilities with the flair of the artist.

*Eau de Parfum sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

*96% Botanical perfume.

Opulent. Enigmatic. Beguiling.
My Italian Journey no.8;  A journey of time and space, rather than a physical one.  Cimabue (pronounced chim-ah-boo-ey) was the artist to bridge the opulence of Byzantium with the insight, knowledge and brilliance of the Florentine Renaissance.

* sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are full.

Based on 18th Century perfumer Jean-Louis Fargeon’s descriptive formula for “Eau de Cypre Composée” and associated with Madame du Barry, last official mistress of Louis XV.  A rich, classical white floral-animalic perfume.

100% Botanical.

Based on detailed notes for the fragrance, “Parfum du Trianon”, commissioned by Marie Antoinette. She asked her perfumer, Fargeon, to create a fragrance that would evoke the aroma of the gardens of her beloved palace, Petit Trianon and her ‘Hameau’ (Hamlet). He created for her a delicate and beguiling floral perfume that not only bespeaks the flowers, woods and fresh air of Trianon but is full of symbolism of her life at Versailles and role as Queen. It is a perfume that illustrates the light hearted grace and sparkling enchantment of high Rococo style.

* 96.5 % Botanical Perfume.

Euphorisme d’Opium: Opium Perfume: c.1977

The original “YSL Opium” perfume, when launched was a scandal. Not only for the open drug reference but for it’s open sexuality and sensuality. Just as YSL was inspired by his beloved Morocco and the Orient, I have infused the original design of Opium perfume (which as of 2010, is no longer on the market) with some extra doses of the euphoric aromas that bring this enchanting Spicy-Oriental perfume to life.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

Les Rouges No. 3: warm orange-red.  The sensual, yet delicate, side of red: A rich orange blossom perfume that doesn’t blush.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

*98% Botanical Perfume.

A brand new design collaboration with Carrie Meredith from “eyeliner on a cat” blog is an abstraction of texture and synesthetic color (and a slight play on words: guimauve) which translates to “Silk Marshmallow”.

There’s a kind of dada-esque quality to the name, which I love, that speaks to the silky ‘texture’ of the fragrance and it’s overall “grey-blue-violet” tonality (connoted by the main orris note and is the ‘mauve’ reference). The odd (but wonderful) balance of orris – violet – animalic nuances counterbalanced with gourmand notes of anise and cocoa beans is quite unexpected. The gourmand aspects bring the idea of “marshmallow” into a new focus.

Guimauve de Soie is unlike anything else in my collections to date; I am very excited by this design and it’s such a pleasure to present it as my first original creation of 2012.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled ; PERFUME sample vials are filled.

Created for Denver Art Museum’s Cities of Splendor exhibit, 2011, the ITALIAN SPLENDOR collection brings the glory and richness of the greatest cities and art of Italian Renaissance to life in fragrant form.
Included in the set is a 1 ml vial of EdP: Alba (from Across the Alps), Adoration (Milan), Divine Gardens (Mantua), Medici (Florence), Secreti di Belle Donne (Venice) and Venus and Cupid (Siena).

*Please note: the sample vials in this pack are filled.  The individual sample vials for EdP listed with each perfume are 1/2 filled, however.

A scent worn by the God Pan to allow free movement among humans. Jitterbug for men IS that divinely earthbound fragrance. Hand made from essences that bespeak his travels: resins from his native Greece and flowers from Egypt. But can you detect that most exotic note? It’s absolutely mysterious.

* DSH website exclusive

Ancient Egyptian ritual incense, this unusual blend has spice, fruit, herb, resin, and wine. Amazing!

La Vie en Rose: Paris Perfume: c.1983
Taking a cue from YSL himself, I was as much inspired by the dress (The Paris Bow Dress) as by the original design of the 1983 perfume itself. YSL allowed himself to be inspired by the perfume to create the dress… La Vie en Rose is an expanded version of the original rose, violet, aldehydic perfume with added sparkling notes to suggest a gloriously youthful exuberance and a champagne fete along a Springtime Champs Elysees.

*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

Inspired by the inimitable French artist Toulouse-Lautrec and his images of Parisian high-life in the 19th Century. This luscious fruity, floral chypre-oriental speaks of nights of gaiety and memories of the Moulin Rouge!

Le Smoking: The Tuxedo: c.1968-1975
The Tuxedo for a woman was revolutionary and avant-garde at the time that YSL began introducing the style into his collection. Inspired somewhat by the smoking jacket and women’s liberation, the Tuxedo was a continuous muse for every subsequent collection right until the last. “Le Smoking” , named after the first Tuxedo design, is a sophisticated green chypre fragrance based of course on the Blond Tabac (fine cigarette) note as well as the new ‘marijuana’ cigarette and Moroccan incense.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

PASSION, POWER, LUST, RAGE, ECSTASY… such are our associations with RED; our wildest emotions and greatest HEAT are bound to this primal color. Inspired by the radiance and intensity of RED, my Les Rouges Collection Box contains a miniature (5ml) bottle of all four of the exquisite members of this collection.

Ligne Trapéze: The Dior Years: c.1950
Inspired by YSL’s very first collection as the new art director at Dior: the Ligne Trapéze and the gorgeous silver evening gown found in among these first designs. The absolute aesthetic of French chic at this time was a sense of coolness; an ultimate air of elegance. The perfume displays this same, slightly aloof, beginning and warms into the aldehydic-animalic drydown found in most fine fragrances of this period.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

Ma Plus Belle Histoire d’Amour: The Late Years: c.1994-2002

“Ma Plus Belle Histoire d’Amour”, is the song sung to YSL by one of his great muses, Catherine Deneuve, at his last Haute Couture show. It speaks of the great love story between YSL and his dedicated clientele. By the later years, YSL had become and icon; a legend. Ma Plus Belle Histoire d’Amour speaks to the sense of greatness of the man and his work but also of the his clientele of this time; first ladies, heads of state, socialites and powerful, established women. The fragrance is an elegant ozone, floral-floral inspired by the “Linden Wisteria Evening Coat” found in the collection. It is modern, yet timeless and truly lovely.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

A perfume interpretation of Ezra Pound’s poem: In A Station of the Metro:

“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
A fragrance collaboration with the art blog Memory and Desire”.

*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume samples are filled.

Minimal. Urban. Crystalline.

A modernist approach to interpreting mint in a fragrance.  As one of our customers told me, ” It’s really not like chewing gum…but more like picking fresh mint from a window box in the city”.  I think that sums it up perfectly.

Dreamy. Silent. Exquisite.

At Midnight, the winter moon shone.

Waves of light, beaming through the dark night sky.

This is when we dream.

An exquisite oriental / chypre of the vintage ‘riche’ style; beautiful on both men and women.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

* 89% Botanical Perfume.

Mirabella perfume encompasses the energy of a mature, sophisticated woman and the sense of a grand floral perfume that has morphed into a rich fruity-floriental – chypre.  This is *not* a perfume for a young girl.

90% botanical perfume.

* 1 ml sample vials: EdP samples are 1/2 filled and PERFUME / extract samples are filled.

Limited Edition Spring 2011:
Here is my Muguet Cologne, stated for men, but really it is for anyone. Designed in the ‘eau de cologne’ style, the concentration is lighter and the overall feel is woodier and greener than a soliflore. For me, there is something about it that rings very true to an element of Muguet… kind of stylized like an art deco figure. It’s fresh and refreshing and I feel very approachable and easy to wear. I just loved the concept of creating a Muguet Cologne for men to enjoy this delicious Spring treasure.

100% Botanical.

As well, an original art work (acrylic/ sumi ink/ interference pigment on rice paper) was created through the inspiration of creating the perfume design. 

Limited Edition, Spring 2011:
Inspired by vintage lily of the valley perfumes and the challenge to create an all botanical muguet fragrance, Muguet de Mai Perfume is a floral  bouquet centered around lily of the valley; not a mere soliflore taken from the ground and placed, sequestered, in a bottle but a perfume that brings the atmosphere of May, warm and sunny with blooming flowers everywhere, green grass and wet earth. Muguet de Mai is feminine and sweet; slightly girlish and womanly, too. She is a maiden of the fields covered in lily of the valley.

100% Botanical.

* For this limited edition perfume we created 9, 5 ml antique perfume flacons in 2011.  We currently have 2 left for sale.  As well, an original art work (acrylic on canvas painting) was created through the inspiration of creating the perfume design.  “Muguet de Mai”, 2011, can also be seen and purchased here.

Our Limited Edition Collection would not be complete without a special Holiday Fragrance.

*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume/Extract sample vials are filled.

Les Rouges No. 2; scarlet red: A charming and playful perfume of red carnations in full bloom…joyful as a day in May.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

* 92% Botanical Perfume.

Rare. Mystical. Sacred.

A warm and softly wooded Oude perfume.

Oude is one the rarest (and is the costliest!) aromatics in the perfumer’s palette with a mystique all it’s own.  It is a sacred and revered as the ‘Aroma of God’ in some cultures.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled ; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

Universal. Spiritual. Illuminating.
Lotus, the universal symbol of beauty and enlightenment, encapsulated.
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

Pandora: A Beautiful Evil

The “Beautiful Evil” is a quote from the story of Pandora as told by the Greek, Hesiod. She is the all gifted, all giving one, a singular woman and synonymous with Eve in many respects. It is she who opens humankind to the knowledge of good and evil and ultimately breaks the utopian ideal. With Pandora, mankind has plagues but also knowledge and maturity. She opens the door to truth and hope.
What began as an all-botanical design for a project changed direction with the addition of a subtle synthetic influence. It made all of the difference. This is also a perfume that also utilizes some new and exotic botanical materials…in Pandora, the ancient meets the 21 century.

97.5% Natural (Botanical / Natural Animal Essences)

The phrase “ A twilight blue oriental perfume” most captured my imagination from the first time I heard it along with the image of faded flowers along side a bed of gold and silver, attended by a negro page wearing black velvet holding an ivory cane; and the satiny hand of “Clarimonde” as she lay dying. This cool, almost misty scene that might have been a last glimpse of Clarimonde paired with an alternate universe of warm opulence in Venice were always shimmering in my mindʼs eye as I created “Paradise Lost”.
Paradise Lost is a very limited edition: only 13, 5 ml PERFUME vials and Parisian-made, ochre colored Art Nouveau charm bottle sets have been produced.

A Hymn.  My Homage to the City of Perfumes.

Parfum de Grasse’ elegant fragrance honors the great classical masterpieces of French perfumery and their magical birthplace, the City of Grasse.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

* 98% Botanical perfume.

On the Riviera, I was overwhelmed by the charm and grace of my surroundings. The Perfume in the air was magnificent. Inspired by the Art Deco movement of the 1920´s and ´30´s, Parfum de Luxe is rich, pure and confident.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

*94.5 % Botanical Perfume.

Four fragrances warrant the name. They are beyond compare. Perfection Connoisseur Fragrances is a luxury fragrance line. The perfumes are: Cafe Noir, Rose Vert, Parfum de Grasse, and Parfum de Luxe. These exclusive perfume designs are a step above the norm: They are all based on fine natural essences, seldom used in commercial fragrances due to their extreme rarity and cost. Here are miniature (one dram) bottles of the precious members of this collection.

Les Rouges No. 1: a hot chili red:  A spicy-chypre-gourmand perfume of undeniable voluptuousness and sexiness.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

*96% Botanical Perfume.

Les Rouges No. 4: A deep ruby red. This perfume is a fiery mélange of captivating spices, resins, and a hint of sultry rose. Not for the faint of heart and, oh, does it sizzle!

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

*96 % Botanical Perfume

In a dream, I am lost in fields of roses. They are dew-drenched and velvety against my skin. Their rich scent pervades my waking hours with remembrances of deep red and green…

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume / Extract sample vials are filled.

* 100% Botanical.

The Beat Look: c. 1958-1964
The Americanization of French culture was at it’s height in the late 1950’s and YSL was not immune to it’s influence. Inspired by the street looks of youth culture, the beats and the motorcycle chic of the “Wild One”, “The Beat Look” was revolutionary. The perfume is not only inspired by YSL’s collection and French culture of the time but also by his very first perfume launch “Y”, a fruity-aldehydic chypre, of 1964.

* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.

CHROMA: color series color series 1 + 2: color translations from the artistic to the obscure. These perfumes are pure, spontaneous emotion; just as pure color is.  This series of perfumes is a new form of abstract aroma-art: synesthesia in a bottle.

Created for Denver Art Museum and the only North American showing of the Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective Exhibit. This collection not only chronicles YSL’s long and wildly creative career from his years at Dior to his finale in 2002 but takes inspiration from specifically chosen garment pieces in the show that perfectly illustrate the artistic collaboration between fashion, culture and perfume.

* all 6 perfumes can be found in 5 ml miniature flasks: Ligne Trapéze, The Beat Look, Le Smoking, Euphorisme d’Opium, La Vie en Rose, and Ma Plus Belle Histoire d’Amour.

Created for Denver Art Museum and the only North American showing of the Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective Exhibit. This collection not only chronicles YSL’s long and wildly creative career from his years at Dior to his finale in 2002 but takes inspiration from specifically chosen garment pieces in the show that perfectly illustrate the artistic collaboration between fashion, culture and perfume.
* all 6 perfumes can be found in 1 ml sample vials: Ligne Trapéze, The Beat Look, Le Smoking, Euphorisme d’Opium, La Vie en Rose, and Ma Plus Belle Histoire d’Amour.
* {All of the 1 ml sample vial are filled}.

Inspired by the utterly chic and sophisticated style of the late 1970′s and early 1980′s classic green floral chypre, Vert pour Madame has power but more than that, she has depth. She’s achieved it. As well, Vert pour Madame is the perfect harbinger of Spring with notes of hyacinth, jonquil and lily of the valley sewn into the earth with cedarwood, patchouli and moss.
* sample vials are 1/2 filled; Perfume/ Extract sample vials are filled.