Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Spicy summer trend

The theme in my last perfume sniffing in Paris was clearly spicy. Un jardin après la mousson, Hermès, is said to be dominated by watermelon but to me the spicy scents of ginger, cloves and pepper are as significant as anything else. Also L'eau de l'eau, Diptyque, is less ozon-like than expected - instead the warm cardemom sweeps you away. As do the scent of chai-tea in Stephanie de Saint-Aignan's Berberiades Extreme.