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Further Reading

The Noble Rose of Afghanistan

Man Rose

Mohur

The Magical Mystery Rose

A Passage of Roses to the Queen of the Prairie Further Reading The Noble Rose of Afghanistan Man Rose Mohur The Magical Mystery Rose

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thefragrantman · 6 years

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thefragrantman · 7 years

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Your Fate has arrived

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thefragrantman · 8 years

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Postcard to Undina

01 January 2000, Srah Srang, Siem Reap. Photo: Jordan River(this photo has not been Photoshopped) This post is in response to A Postcard from Undina. The writer of a photo caption, in the comments below, subjectively chosen by The Fragrant Man, will receive a Fragrant and Tasty gift of Kampot Peppercorns from Cambodia. Gift recipient announced at April 2013 month end. Mailed to wherever you are…

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#ស្រះស្រង់#Dawn #New Millennium #Perfumed Reflections on Life #Siemp Reap #Srah Srang #Undina #Undina&039;s Looking Glass

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thefragrantman · 9 years

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A Poem to a Pretty Flower

By brie.

There is a beautiful woman with porcelain skin Into her delicious kitchen she took me in We gorged on Sweetniks with absolute glee, Lavender, violet, orange blossom candies and a cup of tea.

By a pretty flower her name does go Yet I affectionately call her Doctor Bow. She cooks with style and is so cool, and her pasta e fagioli makes me drool.

She turned me into a bacon lover, I devour s…

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#Cool Cook Style #Daisy Bow #Etat Libre D’Orange #Fils de Dieu

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Perfumista’s can you assist?

The Fragrant Man was in Chiang Mai recently, at a Writers without Borders meeting.

Chiang Mai, in the north of Thailand is a hub for writers; location independent digital nomads. At the meeting a group of writers read chapters from the books that they are writing and the group provided feedback. The writers then spend the next week refining their chapter and writing the next one.

One of the writers I met is Dr Jia Gottlieb. He is on a fragrant quest for a perfume. This quest will take him to Grasse next month. He needs help though. Perfumista’s can you assist? Let’s hear Jia’s story and see if we can give him some clues. You see, he has the memory of a fragrance on his mind.

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I met her in college, a beautiful young French woman with glints of burnished gold woven into her brown hair. She was petite, slender, shy like a delicate flower. Though 40 years later I can’t remember her name, I’ll never forget how she smelled.

Aside from her ravishing beauty I didn’t notice anything unusual, until I leaned close to kiss her and enter her personal space. It was a space unlike any I’ve ever been in before or since. It was earthy, sweaty, sexual, erotic and primitive. Like being in the den of a feral animal from which there would be no escape, nor any desire to escape.

Dr Jia Gottlieb Chiang Mai

Jia is currently writing a book in Chiang Mai. He taking his two teenage daughters to Grasse next month where they will be buying their first perfumes and he will hopefully be able to find the perfume in his memory after reading your comment below. Their first stop in Grasse will be The Perfume Museum, after reading Clayton’s experience on What Men Should Smell Like.

What do you think that a French woman in America would have been wearing back in 1974 based in the description above?

Her fragrance lingers, but only in my mind... #perfume Perfumista's can you assist? The Fragrant Man was in Chiang Mai recently, at a Writers without Borders…

#Dr Jia Gottlieb #Fragrance #Grasse #Memory #Mystery Perfume #Perfume

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Portia Turbo and Ainslie Walker at the 2014 Australian Jasmine Awards. Photo: Australian Perfume Junkies

Portia Turbo, the host of Australian Perfumes Junkies was upside down with delight when one of her writers, Ainslie Walker, won the Best Blog Post at the recent Jasmine Awards in Australia.

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Ainslie Walker’s Jasmine Award winning article, titled “Tom Ford: Meet-Up with Matthew Tyler: International Director of Tom Ford Beauty” is here.

The full list of award recipients and further information on the Jasmine Awards in Australia is here.

Portia’s rather breathless photo story about the event is here.

Jasmine Awards - Down Under - Australian Perfume Junkies - Ainslie Walker Portia Turbo, the host of Australian Perfumes Junkies was upside down with delight when one of her writers, Ainslie Walker, won the Best Blog Post at the recent Jasmine Awards in Australia.

#Ainslie Walker #Australian Perfume Junkies #Jasmine Awards Australia #Perfume

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Art and Olfaction Awards - Award Recipients

Art and Olfaction Awards - Award Recipients #perfume

The Art and Olfaction Awards April 25th, 2014 at The Goethe Institut, Los Angeles

2014 brought us a new award model for independent and artisan perfumers called The Art and Olfaction Awards. These awards were established to:

celebrate creativity, innovation and excellence in global independent and artisan perfumery.

- The Art and Olfaction Awards

There were two categories; Independent and…

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#Amber Jobin #Ashoka #Bertrand Duchaufour #Calling All Angels #John Frum #KÖNIG #Neela Vermeire #Perfume #Tanja Bochnig #The Art and Olfaction Awards #Yosh Han

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Is is perfume? Is it a perfume ingredient?

No, it is a place in Issan. Issan is the North East area of Thailand. Sakon Nakhon is close to the borders of Laos and Viet Nam. I am on an undercover fragrant-fact-finding mission to verify PR claims about a perfume tree which is two steps away from extinct in the wild. So far I have found out that 38 degrees Celsius / 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit means that it is to hot too think, write or read.

You can read more about this tree planting expedition next month on Fragrantica. I found a perfume that blew me this way.

If you can correctly identify this perfume tree then your good name will go in a draw for a sample of the yet-to-be-revealed perfume from the yet-to-be-revealed perfume house whose operation I am exploring from soil to oil to perfume.

Free WiFi in this area has been more like a Free WiSh!

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Zahd - Slumberhouse - Reviews

Zahd - Slumberhouse - Reviews #Perfume

Photo: Marco Chau Hong Kong

125 bottles of Zahd were produced by Perfumer, Josh Lobb of Slumberhouse. They sold out in 24 hours in October 2013, despite a future delivery date that was several months later. Here is an index to various reviews of this never-to-be-recreated ‘fume which went through 80 iterations over the two year composition process.

Reviews KafkaesqueBlog – Kafka

Fragrantica – Jorda…

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#Fragrance #Josh Lobb #Perfume #Perfume Review #Slumberhouse #Zahd

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Flying Perfume Bottles

Flying #Perfume Bottles

Perfume Bottles have been flying around the world to the judges of the Art and Olfaction Awards. These are new awards in support of Independent and Artisan perfumers.

The entries have been evaluated and the finalists, based on 2013 releases are:

Independent This category is defined as an organization where the company oversees branding, production and bottling of the scent. Independent Perfume…

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#Fragrance #Perfume #The Art and Olfaction Awards

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Digital Violet

Digital Violet #Perfume @candyperfumeb0y

Thomas Dunckley, The Candy Perfume Boy, received The Jasmine Digital Award, judged on excellence in writing and originality, for The Candy Perfume Boy’s Guide to Violet.

Click the image to read The Candy Perfume Boy’s Guide to Violet

The Jasmine Awards are presented by the Fragrance Foundation UK.

Nominees in this category were: Katie Chutzpah Dries Van Noten by Katie Chutzpah Katie ChutzpahCarven…

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#Digital Award #Fragrance #Fragrance Foundation UK #Guide to Violet #Jasmine Awards #Perfume #The Candy Perfume Boy #Thomas Dunckley

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Perfume Haters wins award

#Perfume Haters wins award

Neil Chapman’s piece, Perfume Haters in ODOU magazine, won The Literary Award in the magazine category yesterday in London at the annual Fragrance Foundation (UK) Jasmine Awards.

You can read the article in ODOU magazine which is available online for $US5 or in print for $US15.60.

Neil Chapman is The Black Narcissus.

The winner of the Literary Award (Magazines) is Neil Chapman for 'Perfume…

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#Fragrance #Fragrance Foundation #Jasmine Awards UK #Literary Award #Neil Chapman #Odou #Perfume

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thefragrantman · 10 years

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Over the next 14 weeks we will be exploring Oud wood and oil. Not the synthetics that are now a staple of mainstream perfumery; this series will go to the source of the oil itself.

This is the link to Part 7 of the weekly Oud Series which is on Fragrantica. Fasten your web-belts; let’s go web-travelling…

Part 1: My name is dehn al Oud

Part 2: The Oud Oeuvre

Part 3: How to Burn Oud Wood

Part 4: RealOud – Phoenicia Perfumes

Part 5: Rolling In The Deep Without Adele

Part 6: What is the smell of Oud oil?

Part 7: The Smell of Oud by Terroir

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In Part 7 we explore the areas in the maps above to see how the scent of Oud can be differentiated by the place that it is grown.

Examples by Terroir

Oud Bengal Image: Agaraura

Bangladesh Oud Bengal – indescribable jungliness mixing with the tobacco-suede notes.

Oud Idrees Image: Ensar Oud

Bhutan Oud Idrees – wild sinking-grade distillation from 100-yr old trees. - sunshine in a bottle.

Borneo Kinam Image: Ensar Oud

Borneo Borneo Kinam – wild-harvested - bold woodiness.

Oud Kampuchea Image: Agaraura

Cambodia Oud Kampuchea – wild-harvested - radiant resinous core, sweetly penetrated by notes of fruit.

Chinese Exclusive Image: Ensar Oud

China Chinese Exclusive – a wonderful whirl of soft vanilla with tobacco’s earthiness, and a sharp edge of musk slicing through.

Bhavana Image: Agaraura

India Bhavana – wild-harvested - plenty of barnyard character.

Maroke 2004 Image: Ensar Oud

Papua New Guines Maroke 2004 – a pulsating jungly oud essence.

Oud Yusuf Image: Ensar Oud

Thailand Oud Yusuf – organic and ethically harvested - a floral dream.

Further Reading Scent Bound – Scent Notes: Oud Absolute Trygve‘s Aromatic Quest Kafkaesque on Elegant Wood or Medicinal Sexiness? Enfleurage – Trygve Harris’ shop sells Aromatics from the Natural World