10 Perfumes For a New Spring
Spring is the time when I crave to make a change–and when it seems that anything can be possible. I make plans to visit new places, learn new things, read more widely, research a completely new topic like Renaissance cuisine or Leonard Foujita’s paintings or the poetry of the late Tang period. I similarly want to push my horizons with new scents.
Neela Vermeire Niral
A chord of violet powder and rose petals, Niral starts as a flower fit for a Victorian corsage, but beneath the softness and candied violet sweetness lies the darkness of sandalwood. A cool touch of angelica, one of the materials that currently intrigues me, gives a sleek shape to this opulent composition. A blood relative of Mohur, the other plush perfume from Neela Vermeire’s line, and also of L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversée du Bosphore. Created by Bertrand Duchaufour, who is able to interpret the French-Indian vision of the house’s founder without recourse to cliches.
Carys in Recommend Me a Perfume : November 2024: If you can get hold of it, Marks and Spencer’s Apothecary Range – Breathe Eau de Parfum (“notes of Eucalyptus/Bergamot/Thyme/Vetiver”). It definitely smells like a spa and is my favourite… December 3, 2024 at 4:56am