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  • First Sniff of The Basenotes fragrances

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    Grant Osborne
    Published on 15th March 2010 07:56 PM
    20 Comments Comments
    Today I had a meeting with Angela Stavrevska, who is Marketing & Trends Manager at CPL Aromas. During the meeting we worked out the next stages in The Basenotes Fragrance Project, and I got the chance to have the first sniff of the three initial fragrances that will be sent out to those members who have signed up to the sampling programme. (It's not too late to join if you want to help shape these fragrances).

    I'm very excited by what the perfumers have done with the briefs, and can't wait for everyone to be able to try them. We'll be chatting again with the perfumers to find out what they think of the project so far.

    For the next stage of the project we will be sending these three first fragrances to those of you signed up to the sample programme so that we can get your feedback. Your feedback will go to the perfumers who will then create the next round of fragrances based on your feedback.



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    1. Sorcery of Scent's Avatar
      Oh me lordy! Grant, just seeing those bottles has my heart leaping into my mouth! I can't wait to sniff them!

      Thank you for the progress report G! Looking forward to more.
    1. DocmanCC's Avatar
      It's awesome to see Dimitri and Ruggles on those bottles. What happened to Quarry's name!? I look forward to reading the participants commentary. The dream, one step closer to reality.
    1. Mimi Gardenia's Avatar
      It is awesome to see Dimitri, Ruggles and Quarry's Her Purse - three great Basenoters - on the bottles of the perfumes !
    1. Kevin Guyer's Avatar
      Wow, I can't wait to smell all three of these. I'm so thrilled to part of this. I need a drink to calm down.
    1. Primrose's Avatar
      How marvelous--to be a fan of scent--then to help create something special!
    1. Asha's Avatar
      Ooh, this is so exciting! I can't wait to try the first round of samples!
    1. actiasluna's Avatar
      Wow wow wow... I hope shipment comes quickly for the first batch!
    1. Dennard's Avatar
      I'm looking forward with great anticipation to getting the samples!
    1. nenugal's Avatar
      Good to hear that it is not too late to join the sampling programme, I'm in
    1. Grant's Avatar
      Quote Originally Posted by DocmanCC View Post
      It's awesome to see Dimitri and Ruggles on those bottles. What happened to Quarry's name!? I look forward to reading the participants commentary. The dream, one step closer to reality.
      Quarry's fragrance is named 'Her Purse' at the end!
    1. ubuandibeme's Avatar
      I'll be stalking the mail carrier until my nose is happy!
    1. mikeperez23's Avatar
      Yay!
    1. selky's Avatar
    1. Scentational's Avatar
      Congratulations to all people involved in this great project, it's always amazing to see a "crazy idea" becoming a reality. I would be so proud to see my name on these bottles
    1. timaru's Avatar
      Quote Originally Posted by nenugal View Post
      Good to hear that it is not too late to join the sampling programme, I'm in
      aaaaaaw, how do i participate?


      oookay, sorry, found the link^^
    1. RHM's Avatar
      Wonderful!
      This is so exciting.
    1. MrBen's Avatar
      Any news?
    1. JDBIII's Avatar
      Hate to be repetitive, but any news?
    1. Grant's Avatar
      I'm currently collating feedback for the CPL perfumers for round 2
    1. Firemave's Avatar
      Quote Originally Posted by Grant View Post
      I'm currently collating feedback for the CPL perfumers for round 2
      Is their anyway we can still sign up for the Sampling program? Or has that ship long sailed?
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    What is it?

    Late last year we met with top fragrance house CPL Aromas with the intention of creating a Basenotes Fragrance. One of the key points from our meeting was that Basenotes is a community of fragrance enthusiasts, and wouldn't it be interesting to let the enthusiasts create a perfume...


    How does is work?

    We solicited fragrance briefs from Basenotes readers at the end of 2009. Three briefs were chosen which will be turned into fragrances by the expert perfumers at CPL Aromas.


    That's not all...

    The next stage is to send out variations of these three fragrances to Basenotes Members, we will use the feedback to hone the fragrances into the perfect scent for the fragrance enthusiast


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    Grant

    Re: Update coming soon

    The project will still continue. There has been various setbacks my end and CPLs end. My apologies for the lack of communication, but I'll be sending everyone participating an email later today.

    Grant 21st December 2011, 10:24 AM Go to last post
    furrypine

    Re: Update coming soon

    I really want to see this project coming through, and that we will have a proper Eau de Basenotes to show for it, but the lack of progress is alarming. Can we speed things up and have an end product...

    furrypine 18th December 2011, 04:02 PM Go to last post
    Kevin Guyer

    Re: Update coming soon

    I enjoyed the pure irony of seeing the title of this thread: Update Coming Soon, with the last post being Grant's, dated 28th June 2011 01:18 PM (which wasn't actually an update at all.) But, I'm...

    Kevin Guyer 18th December 2011, 02:13 PM Go to last post
    Sugandaraja

    Re: Update coming soon

    It does seem a little unkind to all those who put an effort into this. :(

    Sugandaraja 18th December 2011, 01:44 PM Go to last post
    Sorcery of Scent

    Re: Update coming soon

    Well, I'll just come right out and say it... this project is dead in the water.

    February will mark 2 full years since this initiative began, and members participating in the "sampling program"...

    Sorcery of Scent 18th December 2011, 01:32 PM Go to last post
    Grant

    Re: Update coming soon

    I'm not surprised. I apologise, again. I truly am sorry for how long this is taking. The fault lies purely with me, and not CPL.

    Here's the current status. CPL currently have the feedback you all...

    Grant 28th June 2011, 06:18 PM Go to last post
    Kevin Guyer

    Re: Update coming soon

    I'm over it.

    Kevin Guyer 16th June 2011, 11:40 PM Go to last post
    Sorcery of Scent

    Re: Update coming soon

    Yes, whats it been? 16 months?

    Sorcery of Scent 16th June 2011, 03:40 PM Go to last post
    AromiErotici

    Re: Update coming soon

    What ever happened with this "project"? Is it in limbo?

    AromiErotici 16th June 2011, 01:48 PM Go to last post
    pearlfingering

    Re: Update coming soon

    Oh, well. I hope the EdC worked out for you, if you bought it. Mitsouko was too mature for me when I wore it, and it probably still is now. But it has a following, including a few Kevins...

    pearlfingering 26th May 2011, 02:52 PM Go to last post

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