books and stuff
I visited the Zurich shop Medieval art&vie last Saturday to stock it up with samples. [[Commercial break: TATA!
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And like almost every Saturday we started talking about orders and next steps (the window needs to be decorated) and ended up talking about stock markets (nope, I don’t believe it is over yet), politics (China) and sports (see politics) and books (in the end, Medieval art&vie IS a bookstore).
Yes, we are still waiting here for THE book Perfumes: The guide. Having seen the preprint version in LA I would really, really like to get my hand on it. Now. Please. Post man hurry up.
And while waiting for this book, I have the next parcel for another book sitting next to me. And while preparing the stuff that went into this parcel, gathering short descriptions and classifications, I realized that so far I have never made a true floral. We are talking orientals, woods, fougère, but the most popular category “floral” is missing entirely (Le Maroc pour elle being a classical oriental). Maybe the Metro Scent might be classified as floral, though.
When done with sending stuff for books and other preparations, I might have to address this gap. But then, flowers by themselves are so boring; I just need my woods and roots and dirty earth.
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 am
Congratulations, Andy, on the excellent reviews in Perfumes: The Guide. I bought it in New York and I immediately read the reviews of yours and Vero’s perfumes at a cafe just around the corner from the bookstore. I was very happy to see that they enjoyed L’Air du Desert Marocain in particular. I’m happy to tell you that I’ve suddenly fallen in love with Maroc pour Elle. The first few times I tried it, it just overwhelmed me, but I gave the sample another go last week and was mesmerized. Maybe I’m finally warming up to rose (which can be problematic for me.)
Warmest greetings to you from Texas, where you have many admirers.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:33 am
The Guide hasn`t arrived to Slovakia yet, either.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 am
Dear Benvenuta
Yep! That’s the bottleneck of globalisation it seems. Delivery of what the global clients orders. I am also waiting for a CD since ….Well, I guess, this is our exercise for this week: Learning patience.
Dear Heather, fragrant greetings to you, hoping that you go through a drier day then we do today. Brrrrrr. My memories and desires go back to Texas! Ah…well. About the Le Maroc pour elle. You are in best company. I got a few mails from clients who tell me exactly the same: This fragrance may need some time to get accustomed to. It may be because it is too much initially. Although it is only 15% it so heavy loaded…..
I made a new master mix last week, on Thursday, pouring together my 100 ml Jasmine absolute, 70 ml Rose absolute and while doing so I realized again how much goodies go in there…… enjoy!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Well, it’s nice to see you’ve made a deal with Medieval art&vie. As I understand you do the most of or even all work yourself now. Such a deal can give you more time for your projects. May be for experimental line ;-)
There are more of niche fragrances shops. Like www.skins.nl in Netherlands. It would be nice to see your nice perfumes in niche fragrances shops. Are there more shops selling your perfumes?
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
hi Aromax
Indeed, I have the deal (I box, they ship) since the very beginning. Of course, I ship samples sometimes myself, but Medieval does the shipping logistics in general . And it is my first shop where folks could buy my fragrances.
In the mean time, I have three in the US, three in Germany and more are coming, for sure.