• Spotlight

    Essence de Roumanie

    The first perfume line exclusively dedicated to Romania.   IA It is the perfume of Romania within us. Its deep waters run the flavours of cozonac fresh out of the oven and of mulled wine with a sprinkle of cinnamon, a happy family reuniting for the holidays… even if it’s just in your dreams. IA is like a window opening to the fragrant meadows behind a white small house with wooden shutters. IA’s top notes are those of flowers of the field and grass, on which a beautiful barefoot Romanian girl wearing a wreath of daisies on her head walked, with the light of her first dream of love in…

  • Spotlight,  Star Ingredient

    JASMINE ABSOLUTE from Egypt

    Egyptian Jasmine is renowned for its exquisite bouquet, reinforcing Jasmine’s solid reputation as the King of Flowers and as a potent aphrodisiac. Pickers come to collect the Jasmine before sunrise. The picking process is done so meticulously so not to ruin the next flower coming out. Each picker picks up two to three kgs a day. On one acre, there’s five tons of flowers, each ton of flowers produces 2.5kg of Jasmine concrete. After finishing collecting, the pickers come straight to the factory to deliver the flowers and they are payed by the kilogram. The Jasmine is stored in wooden boxes, as opposed to plastic boxes, as it was in…

  • Edward Bess,  News,  Spotlight

    LAST NIGHT from Edward Bess

    Following the 2016 trio launch of Spanish Veil, Genre and La Femme Boheme, Edward Bess just released a new scent to inspire our senses with. Created in collaboration with the esteemed perfumer Carlos Benaim, Last Night aims to portray the atmosphere of being close to the one you’re in lust with using notes of Bulgarian rose, leather and smoke. Shadow figures blanketed only by the darkness of night. The hours felt infinite while we vowed to keep the sun from rising. I belonged to you and you were all mine if only for the moments of this ecstatic dream. As the moon shone upon your skin like marble, all the…

  • Lalique,  Spotlight

    Lalique, Les Composition Parfumees

    Les Compositions Parfumées: Chic. Funny. Feminine. Genuine molecular magic! The brilliant pioneer of design René Lalique was the first artist that ventured to combine glass and precious stones in creating his spectacular Art Nouveau jewellery. Thus, he triggered a genuine revolution, in the same way that perfumers revolutionised their art by including new and amazing synthetic materials in their creations. To this day, the innovative spirit of the Lalique house is still alive and the proof is the exclusive collection Les Compositions Parfumées, inspired by the alchemy of perfumes and by jewellery and crystal design. The Les Compositions Parfumées collection embodies a fusion of natural and molecular ingredients and has…