At Saturday's Sniffapalooza event , we met Yael Alkalay , founder and creator of Red Flower at the new Blue Mercury shop in NY.
I had read many times about Red Flower candles, but the 3 fragrances are a recent introduction. ( One of which, Champa, was lauded in a recent Lucky mag piece by Jean Godfrey June).
We got to hear the philosophy behind the line and then try the new scents. Yael is a wonderful person and truly seems to embody the ideas of which she speaks such as serenity ,nature, and far east aesthetics ( Yael spent many years in Japan, and honed her craft with Serge Lutens among others.)
My favorite of the fragrances was Guaiac. Guaiac is a tree, but this is not a woody fragrance. The notes also include pink grapefruit, rose absolute, elemi, copaiba and cabreuva. She descibed the origins of this scent as being from the wilderness, the infinite expanse of it. The pink grapefruit really shines in this as does the rose. You get a soft , non powdery rose, sort of like the softest tea rose petal. Underlying it are the woods.
These fragrances are oils so they stay close to the skin and come in a perfume oil roll on and a perfume concentrate bottle.
They are also certified organic.
The 2 other scents are Champa, and Ambrette and all are very nice.
I am now exploring this line more and really loved the Blood Orange body lotion. The Blue Mercury people gladly made me a sample. It smells delicious and orange-y but not too sharp a citrus. I love that so much eco care goes into the making and packaging of these products, and that they smell so nice isn't bad either.
Roll On $ 48.00
Perfume Concentrate $ 186.00
much more to read at http://www.redflower.com/
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