CaFleureBon 10th Anniversary illustration by famous artist Massimo Alfaioli
Since our very first publish by Michel Roudnitska on moral perfumery, March 22, 2010, CaFleureBon strives to set a excessive commonplace — veracity of knowledge, editorial excellence, and celebrating fragrance as an artwork . I haven’t written a Cafleurebon “letter from the editor” since 2011 (my April 26th CaFleureBon letter was referred to as “Take a lesson From Clorox”). After we first started CaFleureBon I’d write critiques steadily as we had been a staff of 4 together with Sr Editor and Pure Perfumery Ida Meister, a Perfumed Plume winner for Scent and Therapeutic: The Transformative Energy of Fragrance. Now we’re 17 writers and an incredible video content material creator.
Flowers despatched by Ron Corridor, Robert’s Husband right this moment for CaFleureBon 10th Anniversary
Over the previous ten years now we have been blessed with at the least seventy Visitor Contributors and editors (fairly a number of gained awards or had been finalists for editorial excellence) together with our a lot missed Managing Editor Tama Blough who handed on January 9, 2015 and the radiant Sr. Editor Emeritus Robert Herrmann, who handed away October 1, 2019.
We’re experiencing unsure instances and whereas we don’t know the place COV 19 will lead, we’re warmed by the collective goodness, resiliency, and humor of our personal staff, our friends-in-fragrance and all the fragrance group. You’ll be listening to from a lot of them over the following month.
Preparations for our CafleureBon decennial started a 12 months in the past; we lived in a distinct world. 4 fragrances have been composed below my inventive route for our 10th anniversary: Antonio Gardoni of Bogue Profumo “OOOH for CaFleureBon, collaboration with award profitable essayist and photographer Alex C. Musgrave (aka the Silver Fox and former Editor) and Massimo Alfaioli which can be bought solely at LuckyScent, Antonio Alessandria of Antonio Alessandrio Parfums ”Rusty Vibes”, which can be bought on-line, Neil Morris of Neil Morris Fragrances “I’ll convey you flowers” which can be bought on-line and at Indigo Perfumery and Sarah McCartney of 4160Tuesday returns with the third Queen within the sequence, Darkish Queen, which can be bought on-line and at Perfumology.
For many who have learn CaFleureBon since 2010 and to our newer readers and viewers, we’re dedicated to posting authentic content material 365 days a 12 months and persevering with to shine a lightweight on unbiased, artisan and pure perfumery and the sensible Olfactive Artists who create them. For you expensive reader, now greater than ever we want magnificence in our lives: Fragrance and Incense convey pleasure to the guts.-Proverbs 27.9:
Right now is Worldwide Perfume Day as I publish, March 21st. What’s your scent of the day?
–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
