Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched the Secrets of Egypt collection, a series of six fragrances for the Denver Art Museum’s King Tut exhibit. Two of the six are new presentations of the already-existing perfumes Arome Egypte and Cardamom & Kyphi. There are also four new perfumes: 1,000 Lilies (aka Susinon), Antiu (aka Metopion), Keni (aka the Mendesian / the Egyptian) and Megaleion…
What do Cher, Steven Tyler and King Tut have in common?
Perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of Boulder has created perfumes for all of them.
— Read more at Sights meet smells at the Denver Art Museum, or go to the museum’s dedicated website for the King …
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Songbird, a new addition to the Essence Oils collection:
…a simply enchanting and delicate new scent…
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 9th. Get cracking on that shopping!
From Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, the Les Rouges collection, with miniatures of Piment et Chocolat, Poivre, Fleurs d’Oranger and Oeillets Rouges. $50 at Beautyhabit…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Bancha, a new unisex natural perfume:
In alignment with nature, the refreshing fragrance of Bancha eases the wearer through transitional months…
I tried Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s Tamarind Paprika fragrance earlier this year, loved it, and hoped it would still be around when cold weather returned (it was originally a limited edition) so I could review it. And here it is, relaunched under the name Nourouz in honor of the Persian New Year celebration.
Nourouz opens sunny and fruity, but from the start the sweetness of the fruit is cut with a generous dose of dusty red pepper (the notes: black pomegranate accord, paprika, tamarind, Bulgarian rose otto, orris, osmanthus, oppopanax, red wine notes, tobacco and vanilla). As it dries down, the fruit notes are joined by subtle florals, and it becomes richer and fuller, but at the same time, the sweetness mostly dissipates. The “red wine notes” and the sweet myrrh lend an amber-y warmth to the later stages…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Kohl Gris, the latest addition to the Aroma-Color collection:
Inspired by our upcoming promotion with the fabulous 3 Custom Color Specialists and their new Holiday Palette of Red, Silver and Grey, our newest aroma-color is a delicious Charcoal Grey…