Fragrance Belles-Lettres Magazine

Fragrance Belles-Lettres: The Magazine is an online fragrance magazine established in 2009 dedicated to niche perfumes which includes natural/organic perfumes. This magazine is created to explore vintage and modern with a journalistic approach and an aristocratic flair. This magazine consist of perfume reviews, articles and exclusive interviews conducted with industry leaders, perfumers and authors. Fragrance Belles-Lettres: The Magazine is published through NOBLESSE LUXE PUBLISHING LLC.

Editor's Note

Posted by Unknown 23 November, 2010 0 comments

This exciting issue of Fragrance Belles Lettres:The Magazine is going throw an update look. It is still in the development stages and the completion should take place shortly so PLEASE EXCUSE THE LOOK...IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. On November 2, 1755 a baby girl was born on the Feast of All Souls Day. Her name was Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna as the Archduchess of Austria. Later in life she was chosen to move...

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Orange Sanguine by Ralf Schwieger

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Orange Sanguine Cologne Absolue introduced in 2010 is a vibrant and zesty fragrance that caters to the orange scent in several forms. The word sanguis is Latin from which English gets sanguine. The word sanguine means confidently optimistic and cheerful. The delicious fragrance of Orange Sanguine reminds me of a riped orange just picked from the tree and dripping with overflowing juices. This scent would not...

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Orange Fragrances Have The Greatest "Appeel"

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In 2010 there have been so many introductions of fragrances with the note of orange. These new fragrances in 2010 and some older fragrances are oozing with orange appeal. Orange scents are zestful and full of energy. Brace yourself with consumptions of orange blossom, bitter orange, neroli, blood orange and other tasteful and...

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Bel Orage by Marlene Stang

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Most people would rush inside when the roaring of thunder and the quick flash of lightning across the sky, but Marlene Stang, Senior Perfumer at Sarah Horowitz Parfums in Westlake Village, California welcomes the cause and effects of fragrances that linger in the air after a storm. This was the inspiration for Bel Orage. I know it looks like it should be orange but actually the name "Bel...

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Francis Kurkdijan-Master Perfumer

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Mr. Francis Kurkdijian is highly respected in the world of perfumery. Kurkdijian did not come from generations of perfumers but at the age of 15 he knew that he wanted to become a perfumer. His talents and ambitions led him to created his first perfume, "Le Male" for Jean Paul Gaultier at the age of 25. Mr. Kurkdijian created fragrances for the fashion, beauty and luxury industries but...

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About Elisabeth de Feydeau

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For more information on Jean-Louis Fargeon, read the award winning book The Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer by Elisabeth de Feydeau. (UK: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd 2007) Elisabeth de Feydeau is a historian and professor at the Versailles School in Paris, France. During de Feydeau research for the book, she discovered the formula used to create Sillage de...

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M.A.Sillage de la Reine by Francis Kurkdijan

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During research on a book about Queen Marie-Antoinette's perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon, historian and professor Elisabeth de Feydeau stumbled upon a recipe from the archive of Fargeon which she discovered to be the signature scent of Marie-Antoinette known as Le Sillage de la Reine or "Wake of the Queen". After the discovery of this historical archive, de Feydeau contacted...

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Le Sillage de la Reine by Jean-Louis Fargeon

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Queen Marie-Antoinette was very found of her personal perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon. A young perfumer from Montpellier who came to Paris to seek his fortune and learn more about the perfume industry. Fargeon was very talented and his fragrances caught the eye of his life-long client of Marie Antoinette. He many, many perfumes but she wanted a fragrance that would be exclusively her own. A perfume that could not be...

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Jean-Louis Fargeon, Perfumer

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Jean-Louis Fargeon (1748-1806) was famous for being the personal perfumer to Queen Marie-Antoinette. Fargeon was a young Montpellier perfumer who arrived in Paris to learn more about the perfume trade. He came from a generation of perfumers and his natural talent became noticeable to a young queen who was known for a lavish lifestyle. Queen Marie-Antoinette approached Fargeon and who created...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN MARIE ANTOINETTE!

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Marie Antoinette was thrust into a prestige position as Queen of France at the tender age of 14. Queen Marie Antoinette's birthday was on November 2nd, born in 1755 she would have been 255 years old! Marie Antoinette was best known not for her decisive decision making but for her passion for fashion and excessive spending habits. Among these lavish gifts to herself, she had many perfumes...

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The Outlaw Perfume Project

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It gives me great pleasure to be one of the participating blogger for the Natural Perfumers Guild's Outlaw Perfume Project. This is my first year in the great quest of reviewing several fragrances by perfumers whom are thrilled to present their natural perfumes in their own artistic way. What is The Outlaw Perfume Project? This project is created by the Natural Perfumers Guild's President, Anya McCoy whose...

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Fragrance Belles-Lettres Est 2009 CHICAGO

The word "belles lettres" is a French phrase meaning "beautiful or "fine writing. Since this is a term to describe a category of writing, this will pertain to my passion about fragrances. I will review niche,natural, artisan and designer perfumes from all over the world. I write with passion but will use my journalistic skills that I obtained in college. Not only will I feature fragrances but I will feature new books on fragrances/perfumes, fragrance events and interview authors and perfumers.

I hope you take this journey with me and begin your own passion for the ART OF PERFUMERY!

Fragrance Belles-Lettres Magazine is a division of Noblesse Luxe Publication.

Felicia M. Hazzard
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief