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An Ordinary Morning (opens the original)
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I wake up at 5am to an alarm clock. My cat Sophie sleeps in another room, so the moment she hears it, she runs up to my bedroom door and meows until I get up. I usually pick her up and smell her warm, soft fur. In Kramatorsk, mornings smell of smoke and cinders, and Sophie smells of smoke and cinders too. She blinks slowly at me as I hold her in one arm and walk through the apartment, checking whether we have electricity and water. When we do, it feels like a gift.While Sophie gobbles down her b
New Guerlain L’Heure Bleue (opens the original)
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Perfume lovers are a conservative bunch, and the worst thing a brand can do in the eyes of its most devoted following is to reformulate a classic or launch a perfume named after an icon that smells nothing like it. Dior has done both with abandon. Givenchy has followed suit, and Lancôme has hardly been more restrained. Now it’s Guerlain’s turn. It even had the temerity to tinker with the crown jewel of the collection, L’Heure Bleue.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://subst
Perfume Lesson 6: Fall in Love with Clary Sage (opens the original)
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My mentor, the legendary perfumer Sophia Grojsman, is known as the queen of roses, but her genius is in using nuanced notes like herbs and spices to create unusual effects. Lancôme Trésor wouldn’t be the same without the clever use of clary sage. Yves Saint Laurent Paris needs the sharp anisic notes to add light to the powdery layers. The basic architecture of her compositions may be a straightforward combination of Galaxolide, Iso E Super and ionones, but the facets are added in such intricate
Things That Inspire Me (opens the original)
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Years ago, I wrote about the things I kept around my desk for inspiration: books, Mughal miniatures, Orthodox icons, spices, and old maps. My office was a collection of objects, many of which I had brought from my travels and spread around me to remind of the place I had visited and encourage me to dream.I still can’t resist an antique book, a beautiful piece of textiles or the smell of cardamom crushed between my fingers. But my life today unfolds in rental apartments on the frontline cities in
The Anatomy of an Icon: Diorissimo (opens the original)
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“A perfume must create an illusion stronger than reality.” — Edmond RoudnitskaIf my childhood has a scent, it is Diorissimo. Every morning my mother would leave for work wearing a few precious drops of the extrait de parfum. Long after she had disappeared down the stairwell, her fragrance lingered in the apartment. Diorissimo became my first lesson in perfume’s mysterious power: a person could leave, yet remain present through scent.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://subs
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