Here is a selection of the world's greatest noses and the fragrances they've created. (Check the individual websites for details on where to buy). For more, today's Manhattan User's Guide, a getTRIO relative, has a feature called 9 Great Scents.
Florence
The Middle East, Africa as well as the Mediterranean play important notes in many of the fragrances by Lorenzo Villoresi -- ingredients such as sweet myrrh, Galbanum, Cyclamen, and sage.
London
Perfumer Lyn Harris features high quality, rare ingredients in her line of 17 fragrances. The Citron Citron cologne is used by men and women.
Melbourne
Renée is René Griffith's line of scents -- the signature Tuberose that includes bergamot, orange blossom, and ylang ylang.
New York
The Bond No. 9 line is inspired (and named after) NYC neighborhoods and streets. Our favorite is Broadway Nite.
Paris
Daughter Camille Goutal has taken over the reins of Annick Goutal since the death of her mother in 1999. The signature fragrance, Eau d'Hadrien, is still one of our all-time favorites.
Ingredients you've never heard of (cumaru wood, canapa sativa seed oil, benzoin) enhance the allure of fragrances by Pierre Guillame under the Parfumerie Générale label.
Serge Lutens: Expensive, but among the most highly-prized perfumes being made. Muscs Koublaï Khan is pure animal sensuality.
Nine perfumers formulate the 15 perfumes of the Frederic Malle line. Fill out a short questionnaire online and they'll create a custom scent for you.
Provence
Though she's based in Grasse now, Laura Tonatto is still known as The Italian Nose since she was born in Turin. Especially popular is her Oltre, evocative of the sea, that has notes of coastal pine, lily of the valley, and seaweed.
San Francisco
Yosh is Yosh Han and she makes fragrances that she likes to connect with time, place, energy, and effect.
written on Monday Apr 16, 2007
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