Music and Perfume

August 21, 2015 by Lavanya

Sometimes when I smell a perfume and there is music playing in the background, something happens. A magical synergy, that ties both the perfume and the song into a tight knot, so I can’t think of one without the other. And listening to the song while re-smelling the  perfume often brings back the intensity of the first experience of smelling it. This happened to me when I first smelled Mona di Orio’s Oud *. The song that was playing on my […]

Categories: Art, Memories, Music, Scent, writing • Tags: By Killian, Mona di Orio, multisensory, music, perfume, Scent

Questions on Beauty : Undina from Undina’s Looking Glass

October 25, 2013 by Lavanya

I came to know Undina from Undina’s Looking Glass because of her desire to share what she finds beautiful, specifically, Annick Goutal’s Heure Exquise. I’ve heard her say before that when she loves a perfume, she doesn’t like to analyze why she loves it, and so I approached her for this project just a bit apprehensively. Yet since Undina is one who loves to tell it like it is, without mincing words, I was also very curious to hear what her thoughts on […]

Categories: Art, Books, Memories, Music, Scent, writing • Tags: art, beautifulness, beauty, Book, music, perfume, questions on beauty, Scent

Seven Questions on Beauty : Mridula Koshy, Writer

October 23, 2013 by Lavanya

While I was on an unofficial blogging break, I came upon a comment by Mridula Koshy on a post, urging me to try the mitti attar in a shop called Gulabchand in Old Delhi.  I was grateful for this information as I am always on the look out for such places in India. Subsequently, I stumbled upon her blog via Persolaise’s blog and discovered that in addition to being a perfume lover, Mridula is also a published author. I am […]

Categories: Art, Memories, Music, Scent, writing • Tags: art, beauty, music, painting, perfume, questions on beauty, scuplture, smell

Seven Questions on Beauty : Natalie from Another Perfume Blog

October 19, 2013 by Lavanya

If you read Natalie’s writing about perfume, you will quickly recognize that her blog is not just ‘another’ perfume blog. Her writing is incisive and honest and provides interesting ‘angles’ on  perfume :  an approach that I identify with and which keeps me coming back for more. 1) What do you mean when you call something beautiful? Do you have different definitions when you talk of different things like faces, art, landscape? Or is everything you find beautiful characterized by […]

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Seven Questions on Beauty : Tara from Olfactoria’s Travels

October 15, 2013 by Lavanya

Tara is a regular contributor to Birgit’s Olfactoria’s Travels and comes across as a lovely person, quietly passionate.  I enjoy her thoughtful comments on perfume and the precision of her writing, which is especially evident in her answers to these questions on beauty. 1) What do you mean when you call something beautiful? Do you have different definitions when you talk of different things like faces, art, landscape? Or is everything you find beautiful characterized by something similar? When I call something […]

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Seven Questions on Beauty : Sigrun from Riktig Parfym

October 12, 2013 by Lavanya

Sigrun Olafsdottir’s perfume reviews come as a breath of fresh air. Her descriptions are often unusual, yet spot on. I still remember her review of Aftelier’s Cepes and Tuberose, and how, to her, the perfume embodied the scent of a pair of (nice) trolls in a Swedish horror story. If you can’t see the connection, go read her review! After reading her thoughts on beauty of course. 1) What do you mean when you call something beautiful? Do you have different […]

Categories: Art, Memories, Music, Scent, writing • Tags: art, beauty, music, painting, perfume, questions on beauty, scuplture, smell

Seven Questions on Beauty : Laurie Erickson from Sonoma Scent Studio

October 7, 2013 by Lavanya

Laurie Erickson, perfumer and owner of Sonoma Scent Studio is a delightfully warm and approachable artist who can best be described as a ‘perfumista darling’ for her interesting yet affordable line (and perfumes that are available in small bottles!). Many of her perfumes reflect her love for the outdoors and nature and that love comes through in Laurie’s responses to these questions on beauty. 1) What do you mean when you call something beautiful? Do you have different definitions when […]

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Seven Questions on Beauty : Mandy Aftel from Aftelier Perfumes

October 4, 2013 by Lavanya

Mandy Aftel makes, what I think are, beautiful perfumes, which have always struck me as being deeply personal. I love the way Mandy articulates her thoughts about her aesthetic, her creative process and so when I wanted to start a conversation on beauty, I had to ask Mandy to participate. Unlike in the case of the other participants, I received Mandy’s responses by way of a phone interview. Mandy had been tirelessly working on a book, a sequel to Essence and Alchemy (which […]

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Seven Questions on Beauty : Vanessa from Bonkers about Perfume

October 2, 2013 by Lavanya

I started reading Vanessa Musson’s blog Bonkers about Perfume very recently. Had I known how  quirky and funny her writing was, I probably wouldn’t have waited this long. So of course I had to ask her to weigh in on this very important subject of beautiful things…:-) Here are her responses: 1) What do you mean when you call something beautiful? Do you have different definitions when you talk of different things like faces, art, landscape? Or is everything you […]

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