October 2010

Mandy Aftel & Andy Tauer: Letters to a Fellow Perfumer (ep. 4)

October 26, 2010

Berkeley, CA / October 21, 2010 Dear Andy, I decided there was something I needed to think through, from the base on up, which is: “What is every possible note that I could include with the linden CO2?” My creative process usually starts with a pretty wide palette, but in this case, there are such [...]

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We Are Moving: Time Out for Chaos

October 22, 2010

No, not the website — ME! This site will experience a break for about a week or two as my partner and I pack up our lives and head to the Southern Hemisphere for a new life in New Zealand. It’s difficult to leave Seattle, which is my favorite city in the U.S., but the [...]

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Photos: Vero Profumo Onda EDP

October 18, 2010

Independent Swiss perfumer Vero Kern’s Vero Profumo brand has been a best kept secret for too long — her three highly luxe fragrances have inspired rave reviews since their release in 2007, but the price point has been high enough to deter all but the most passionate of Scent Heads from taking the full-bottle plunge. [...]

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Mandy Aftel & Andy Tauer: Letters to a Fellow Perfumer (ep. 3)

October 15, 2010

Berkeley, October 14, 2010 Dear Andy, I appreciate your evocative memories of Linden blossoms – while I have no memories of my own, one of my early custom perfume clients did. Even though I was a therapist for 20 years before becoming a perfumer, I never ask “psychological questions” or scent associations when making a [...]

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Luxury & Fashion Biz News: 10/15/10 (Oscar de la Renta, China Spends, Spider Silk and more)

October 15, 2010

*I’m presently gearing up for the big move-out and international relocation at the end of next week (the house is in chaos, with boxes everywhere), so fashion biz coverage will necessarily be light for several weeks (starting today) as real life obligations interfere. But I’ll still try to provide a rundown of basic info. In [...]

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Mandy Aftel & Andy Tauer: Letters to a Fellow Perfumer (ep. 2)

October 13, 2010

Dear Mandy: I hope these lines find you well. I know how busy you must be so shortly before the holiday season, which is also a fragrance and scent season, so thank you for the time you’re taking to read my thoughts on the Linden blossom scent. *Note from Nathan: Wikipedia states that the Linden [...]

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Vegas: Wish You Were Here (part 4)

October 12, 2010

I thought I’d post a few more photos from Vegas before we fly out of here tomorrow. First, a Lanvin window display from the new high-fashion only Crystals shopping center in the recently completed City Center project, a near $10 billion dollar project that almost ended in bankruptcy before Nevada senator Harry Reid intervened to [...]

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Vegas: Wish You Were Here (part 3)

October 9, 2010

So after a quick breakfast, Marin and I headed to the Atomic Testing Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute (and located in the Frank H. Rogers Science and Technology Building on East Flamingo Road — not too far off the main Vegas strip). The Museum was much larger and way more equipped with film [...]

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Luxury & Fashion Biz News: 10/08/10

October 8, 2010

Since I’m out of town this week (Vegas baby, yeah!), today’s post is going to be pretty brief, but there are a couple of things I thought were worth sharing while on the run: 1.) Designer Sarah Burton showed her first runway collection in Paris for the Alexander McQueen label, which also happens to be [...]

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Vegas: Wish You Were Here (part 2)

October 7, 2010

The friends we’re staying with have a vase of flowers in their main living area. I’m not usually into big vases of flowers, but the scent that came off of these was unlike any other flower I’ve smelled — buttery, spicy, with a crisp green undertow. During the day, the scent was subdued, but in [...]

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