Fragrantica.com Perfumes (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Nature vs. Nurture is the debate that asks whether you are genetically determined to be the person you become, nature; or does the way you are raised determine your future, nurture. In perfumery we have read examples of both in a couple of Michelyn Camen’s interviews: Michel Roudnitska has continued a fragrant tradition begun with his father Edmond; Francis Kurkdjian...
Fashiontribes.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
With winter approaching, dusk now begins in NYC around 4:30pm. New Yorkers love the night life..but not this early. To keep 'the light' longer while embracing the cool lushness of the autumn air, I wear Eau Illuminée by Parfums Delrae, composed by the famous nose Michel Roudnitska for DelRae Roth, the founder of Parfums DelRae. "I invited Michel Roudnitska to come to San...
The Scented Salamander (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
This quote from French writer François de Malherbe made me think of the perfume Le Parfum de Thérèse by Frederic Malle, a fragrance originally composed by Edmond Roudnitska for the private usage of his wife Thérèse. In it, a note of melon dominates. Why melon to write a song of love? Then there is the perfume composed by their son Michel Roudnitska for Del Rae, Emotionnelle. In...
