Attachment 3629Zephyr is a big dog. I met him a month ago and a few thousand miles away, but as I shut my eyes, it is as if he's lying on the carpet in front of me. He's rolling on his back, encouraging me to rub his pinkly dogsome tummy, and he smells very strongly and wetly canine. His master, Christopher Brosius, would understand this hallucinatory kind of scent memory - in this case sparked by some smears of doggy smell that rubbed off my hands onto my notebook and seem to have been fixed by something on the scent test strips I have tucked into the cover. Brosius' perfumery is all about lucid and occasionally startling scent memories and illusions. The vials in his shop are magic portals which allow you to revisit your grandmother's tomato greenhouse, experience a worm's-eye view of a luminous flower or stamp your way through a hot, mulchy forest; all standing in a bare room with your eyes tightly shut and your nose twitching with surprise.
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An interview with Alec Lawless of Essentially Me
In his capacity as the man who personally sources essential oils and absolutes for his renowned company Aqua Oleum, Alec Lawless has spent twenty two years learning about and selecting the best natural materials. He knows them exceptionally well. Now he has used his highly practiced nose to produce a line of ten perfumes under his Essentially Me label.
by Walker Minton on 11th February 2010