Products in the “Vanilla Absolute” Category
Adoration (Milan)
Inspired by Bonifacio Bembo’s “Adoration of the Magi” (about1455-1460) and Renaissance Milan’s great wealth and status among cities. This fragrance depicts traditional Catholic incense, which is based on the gifts of the Magi to the Christ child: frankincense, gold and myrrh. Even during the Renaissance, these rare aromatic gifts of the East (frankincense and myrrh) were more costly than their weight in gold.
I have included a precious rose note to this design as well, to center the essence and to symbolize Mary.
(*image credit: Bonaficio Bembo, active about 1444-78, Adoration of the Magi, about 1455-60, tempera and oil paint on panel, Denver Art Museum; the Simon Guggenheim Memorial Collection, 1957.167).
* please note: 1 ml sample vials of EdP are 1/2 filled; Perfume / extract vials are filled.
Bodhi Sativa (Patchouli project no.1)
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.
Butterfly Nectar
Only flowers could produce this sensual and provocatively honeyed elixir sipped on summer afternoons by butterflies. Perhaps this is the fragrance of the fairies or just the scent they use to call their lovers…
Cafe Noir
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.
Caravan Spice (Holiday no.11)
For our Holiday scent, 2011, we went ‘old school’… a kind of nostalgic remembrance of holidays past and the designs I used to create when living in Boston and how the season felt to me there. This is a cozy and warm spice scent with ambery nuances and a sense of home near a warm fireplace. Of course, the name recalls the old-world caravans that carry the spices from exotic lands to our homes.
December (Holiday no.10)
It’s Holiday time again…oh, yes, it is December.
December evokes for me many of the very best ‘smells’ of the season: pomanders, gingerbread, the long walk in the woods to find the perfect Christmas tree, and traditional incense (I call it ‘gnostic incense’) made of frankincense and myrrh. It brings the Holidays home for me.
Eau de Trianon
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.
Egyptian Shalimar
A sweet balsamic-vanilla oriental accord with an “Eau de Cologne” top note.
Épices d’Hiver (Winter Spices)
Épices d’Hiver is wonderfully enveloping, warm and lusciously rich. It’s just what I crave for Fall and Winter… soft spice, sweet balsam and a glowing floral heart. 100% Botanical.
*Note: EdP sample vials are 1/2 full. PERFUME sample vials are full.
Halloween
A nostalgic and warming scent for cool autumn days. This stuff is better than witches brew!
Marzipan (Holiday no.5)
What could be better for the Holidays than the enticingly decadent scent of Marzipan? This nostalgic and festive treat puts us in a Joyful Holiday Mood! (enjoy)
Minuit
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
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.
Nourouz (aka Tamarind/Paprika; Holiday Edition)
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.
Pandora
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)
Parfum de Luxe
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.
Powder
Powder is the delightful and delicate scent of talc; something wonderful and nostalgic. If the texture of snow had a scent – this would be it.
Prophecy
It was a vision…of gold and amber light, incense smoke and mysticism… One of our best sellers, Prophecy embodies the warm enveloping nature of the classical oriental-ambery scent and the rich tradition of incense.
Secreti di Belle Donne (Venice)
During the Renaissance, Venice was at the height of it’s power and luxury. Not only the global force for trade in Europe of exotic spices, fabrics and ships, but also for love and seduction through their beautiful Courtesans. A famous book of the period was called simply “Secreti”; a book of beauty secrets. My Secreti di Belle Donne perfume is inspired by the famous Courtesans of Venice and Venetian delicacies as well as the work by Vittore Carpaccio, “Portrait of a Lady with a Book”.
Secreti di Belle Donne is a wonderfully rich and subtle perfume that speaks to the beauty preparations of the lovely ladies of Venice as well as the underlying erogenous scent of the lovers trysts.
(*image credit: Vittore Carpaccio, about 1465-1525, Portrait of a Lady with a Book, about 1495, oil on panel, Denver Art Museum, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.168)
* please note: 1 ml sample vials of EdP are 1/2 filled; Perfume / extract vials are filled.
St. Valentine
Cupid’s arrows are flying only to pierce our hearts with love. Romance is in the air and we come bearing our most cherished tokens: violets, red roses and chocolate. St. Valentine is an elixir of love… a sensual floriental-gourmand perfume of richness and grace.
Sweet Dreams
Aromatic. Sensual. Transcendent.
A place of comfort and delight. The sweet scent of home (and maybe a piece of heaven). Green and refreshing herbal notes and calming lavender are intricately layered with exotic wood and grounding incense notes. (Unisex)
*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Umber: bois de rose
Secretive. Aesthetic. Spellbinding.
Inspired by the deep, moody earth tones of umber, as well as the enigmatic Renaissance image “The Tempest” by Giorgione. Umber: bois de rose is most certainly for lovers of the sensually strange not of the perfume novice. The subtitle of bois de rose connotes a deep rosy/ woody / violet nuance made to sparkle with true bois de rose in the topnote.
*EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Un Soir d’été Provençal
Radiant. Sublime. Poetic.
This is the scent of a summer evening in Provence: Lavender fields growing high on a Provençal hillside warmed by the afternoon sun. I just love this warm fougere-oriental lavender perfume for all year!
* EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
Vanille (Vanilla)
A classic. My own version of a cherished favorite; luscious and decadent but not too sweet. Based on the French tradition, it is the ultimate in richness and love in a fragrance.
Vanille Botanique
A striking and original vanilla design created for indiescents.com; we have had such overwhelming interest in an all botanical vanilla for our Garden Bathe collection that we had to release it in a limited capacity here as well. Vanille Botanique is a luscious, balsamic vanilla in the classical style. A soft jasmine heart and bergamot top note balance and round out the bouquet. Such deliciousness!
* 100% botanical.
** EdP sample vials are 1/2 filled.
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