Offering books published by Eiderdown Press & hand-decanted perfumes from the personal collection of Suzanne Keller
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CURRENT SCENTS IN MY COLLECTION
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Amouage Epic Woman
*Just added!*
Amouage Gold (ladies)
Amouage Jubilation 25
Amouage Lyric Woman
Amouage Ubar
Bond No. 9 New Haarlem
Caron Parfum Sacre
Caron Tabac Blond
Caron Yatagan
Chanel Chance
Chanel Coromandel
Chanel Egoiste
Chanel No. 22
Coty Ambre Antique
(Vintage 1940s)
Coty Chypre
(Vintage 1970s)
Creed Fleurs De Bulgarie
Deneuve
Donna Karan Black Cashmere
Estee Lauder Private Collection
Frederic Malle Bigarade Concentree
Frederic Malle Carnal Flower
Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
Guerlain Jicky
Hermes 24, Faubourg
Hermes Eau Des Merveilles
Hermes Hiris
Jean Desprez Bal A Versailles
Jean Patou 1000
Jil Sander No. 4
Kenzo Jungle l'Elephant
L'Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two
Molinard Habanita
Mona Di Orio Nuit Noire
Montale Black Aoud
Montale Boise Vanille
Parfums de Nicolai Sacrebleu
Parfums Delrae Amoureuse
Pascal Morabito Or Black
Robert Piguet Fracas
Robert Piguet Visa
*Just added!*
Serge Lutens Chene
Serge Lutens Chergui
Serge Lutens Un Lys
Tauer Perfumes Lonestar Memories
Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb
What Is A Decant?
Decanting is a method of transferring the contents of a larger container into a smaller one. A fragrance is decanted from its original manufacturer’s bottle into either a small glass sample vial or atomizer bottles of various sizes by one of several methods: either by transferring with a sterile pipette, or by pouring the perfume through a small metal funnel, or often by directly spraying the contents into the smaller container. Each fragrance is freshly decanted just prior to shipping or delivery.
Why Decant?
The reasons are many: it allows perfume aficionados to sample scents that aren't available in their area, or to "test drive" a fragrance and prolong the purchase of a full bottle until they know whether it clicks with them. Decanting allows a person to buy a small quantity of a pricey perfume that is otherwise unaffordable – and it’s great for the person who only wants, say, a quarter-ounce of a fragrance rather than a huge amount. For the truly scent-obsessed, decants make it affordable to have an entire perfume wardrobe and to enjoy sniffing a little bit of everything!
Image: photo of Serge Lutens Chergui by Suzanne Keller. Original mfg bottle on left; decant in gift pouch on right.
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Read the latest in Suzanne’s Perfume Journal
La Via del Profumo BALSAMO DELLA MECCA: review and drawing
One of the most rewarding things about putting yourself out there on the Internet is that occasionally you meet someone, albeit in cyber space, who truly is a world apart from you, and not someone you would likely encounter in daily life. A few weeks ago, I received an email from natural perfumer Dominique Dubrana, a French-born gentleman living in Italy, who is also known by his Sufi name, Abdes Salaam. He told me he was launching a new fragrance inspired by his pilgrimage to Mecca, and asked if he could send me a sample. “I would be very interested to know your true valuation, even at the risk of a negative review,” he said, impressing me with his honesty and adding, “I understand that no perfume is able to please everybody “
I did not tell him this, but I had already browsed his website several times over the past few years, as his fragrances have been lauded by more than a few people (Linda from The Perfumer’s Apprentice, Helg from Perfume Shrine, and the perfume world’s most famous critic, Luca Turin, to name a few). From that standpoint alone, of course I was very excited to sample one of his fragrances, but even more intriguing to me was that here was a man who had made his religious pilgrimage to Mecca. “In Mecca, the scents of labdanum resin, of benzoin, frankincense and of the precious agar wood invade the streets together with the 4 million pilgrims who pour to the streets 5 times every day, walking to the great mosque like a river,” Salaam writes eloquently in a thoughtful pamphlet which he enclosed with the fragrance—and which echoes the words of renowned author Huston Smith Click to continue reading...
