Neil Morris Fragrances Le Parfum d’Ida Evaluation (Neil Morris) + Birthday Social gathering for Ida Meister Draw

 

Ida Meister previous and current Photographs by way of Ida Meister©.  Re-colored collage by Gail Gross

“Have you ever ever identified a girl who has lived 100 lives in a single breath?” – CaFleureBon reader Juniebootiemoon describes Ida Meister on CaFleureBon, April 7, 2011

66 years in the past on April seventh, a tremendous spirit was born; somebody destined to convey pleasure, help,  love and care to so many people. Ida Meister –  spouse, mom, courageous and devoted nurse,  Perfume  Evaluator, partaking and award successful author, opera singer, polyglot and fabulous prepare dinner  to call a couple of – generously offers of her myriad skills each day, serving to to make so lots of our lives and this aromatic world a significantly better place.

 Ida in her function as senior editor and pure perfumery editor is an award successful author (L) with CaFleureBon Editor-in-Chief Michelyn Camen on the 2018 Fragrance Plume Awards  Finalists Occasion. Ida was awarded for Scent and Therapeutic: The transformative Energy of Fragrance . Photograph by Hernando©

As one in every of our founding editors in 2010, Ida was instrumental in CaFleureBon’s mission to set a brand new commonplace of excellence in perfume journalism 365 days a 12 months.  Together with Editor in-Chief Michelyn Camen and her CafleureBon colleagues (previous and current), Ida has been key in creating a  worldwide neighborhood of readers, friends-in-fragrance in addition to advocating and supporting impartial, artisan and area of interest perfumers and homes. It appears solely becoming that in CaFleureBon’s tenth anniversary celebration, we honor Ida on her birthday. A number of years in the past one in every of our favourite perfumers did simply that!

 Ida Meister and Neil Morris at Sniffapolooza Photograph by Neil Morris ©

 

“Ida is a pricey good friend who’s heat and loving to all lucky sufficient to cross her path. She is thrilling and vivacious and but retains the surprise of a kid. I like her and needed to create this particular fragrance only for her.” – Neil Morris

Neil Morris (her expensive good friend of many 12 months)of Neil Morris Fragrances composed a really particular fragrance, in 2007 in her honor: Le Parfum d’Ida is a tribute to Ida Meister’s distinctive power, to her generosity, classically elegant demeanor and cultured, but right down to earth, appeal.

 “Lady with a Basket of Fruit” by Christiaen Van Couwenbergh (17th century)

My first breath of the unique, smoldering chypre that’s Le Parfum d’Ida treats me to a lavish and beneficiant aroma of late summer season fruits – wealthy juicy blackberries and never fairly ripe plums – spiced with a discreet touches of clove and deeply candy, floral, musky civet. The opening displays Ida’s bewitching and ever so subtle persona, her mesmerizing talking voice and sultry appeal. My preliminary spritz of Le Parfum d’Ida on a take a look at strip despatched curling tendrils of “come hither” olfactory melodies to the far corners of the home drawing relations like bees to honey.  “What’s that attractive scent”, “Oh that’s so stunning” they exclaimed.

 Ida with Spring Flowers. Photograph by way of Ida Meister ©

Lifted on shiny aldehydes and on clear, inexperienced Elemi, Le Parfum d’Ida glides, ever so slowly nearer to the pores and skin and right into a coronary heart of flowers, a lavish bouquet of easy luxe gardenia and ylang ylang, shiny invigorating geranium, narcissus and hyacinth. Ida’s love of flowers, her proficient, discriminating nostril and information of the musical, visible and olfactory arts are all represented for me on this charming, tastefully opulent garland of probably the most aromatic blossoms.

 

  Nurse Ida Meister at Mass Common Hospital with two colleagues Photograph by way of Ida Meister ©

As Le Parfum d’Ida matures, the right down to earth, nurturing aspect of Ida Meister is mirrored within the grounding, stress-free, calming properties of Indian spikenard, (jatamansi).  The woody earthen character of this historic balm compliments the therapeutic qualities of myrrh.  Neil Morris Fragrances Le Parfum d’Ida unfolds ever so slowly on my pores and skin and even slower on clothes, permitting me ample time to understand each aspect of this wonderful fragrance. Daring Russian leather-based and  powdery orris mix and distinction with balsamic black agar and root-y, grassy vetiver within the leisurely dry down.  Le Parfum d’Ida involves relaxation after twelve hours (and extra), oakmoss and tonka sweetly evanescent, floating on mysterious and shimmering recollections of the preliminary musky sensuality and animalic heat.

Notes:  Blackberry, Clove, Elemi, Aldehydes, Geranium, Gardenia, Purple Hyacinth, Narcissus, Ylang Ylang,  Oakmoss, Vetiver, Jatamansi, Myrrh, Civet, Black Agar, Orris,  Russian Leather-based, Castoreum, Teakwood and Tonka Bean.

 

Disclaimer:  I want to thank Neil Morris for my treasured bottle of Le Parfum d’Ida (and his muse Ida Meister for her beneficiant spirit and inspirational expertise).  My opinions are my very own – however I do know that I share my impressions of Ida with the CaFleureBon readers and my fellow writers. On behalf of the writers and readers right here at CaFleureBon – Completely happy birthday expensive Ida!

Gail Gross – Senior Editor (with Contributions from Michelyn)

Due to the generosity of perfumer Neil Morris we have now one 30 ml bottle of Neil Morris Fragrances Le Parfum d’Ida, a Vault perfume for one registered reader worldwide (be sure you register or your remark is not going to rely). To be eligible, inform us what appeals to you about Le Parfum d’Ida, want Ida a cheerful birthday and tell us the place you reside.  It’s also possible to inform us in case you have a favourite  Ida Meister article or evaluate or relate a brief anecdote about Ida.  Draw closes four/10/2020

Le Parfum d’Ida is out there on-line at NeilMorrisfragrances.com. You should purchase it right here. Samples are solely $5!!! and 30 ml EDP is $48. Have fun Ida by carrying a fragrance created in her honor. Neil ships worldwide at no cost  with an order of $70

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