THESCENTOLOGY

A perfume created for a bride... My devotion for the iris note in perfumery always leads me to discover new perfumes and revisit the classics so here I found a true gem from 1977 that are based around the intriguing and always beautiful iris root note. The composition is utterly special but hat makes this perfume truly unique and even more special is because it's Ramon's first personalized perfume and he made it for the a bride who is his wife today. Used in perfumery as far back as 1480 to scent linen, orris is a mysterious and irreplaceable ingredient. Harvested from the root of Iris Pallida, orris is nearly odorless until if undergoes a few years of maturation. Once orris is distilled to become orris butter, a semi-solid essential oil, the aroma attracts many in different ways. Depending on how it's interpreted in a perfume, it can smell like anything from sweet to woody to powdery. But indisputably, it's one of the rarest and finest ingredients in the olfacti...

Flamenco is art, deep and folk art, simple and torn, hypnotic and fiery ... art in its purest form! As per Ramón Monegal,   Flamenco is art, deep and folk art, simple and torn, hypnotic and fiery ... art in its purest form! And art is the true and only luxury that I recognize "Flamenco" is my olfactory manifesto, my origin, my heritage ... it is the soul of Spain, a hallmark, cultural symbol and essence of the south. Intoxicating emotion interpreted in cante, guitar and dance, a feeling that I imagine present under the magnetic spell of a night in the Alhambra. Steeped in this feeling, my challenge to get closer to art is to make it transcend perfume: Like a fan, with a broad language and undulating ritual, it starts and shows its strength by intertwining cedar wood from the atlas and Mediterranean pine. Like a flower, it displays the joy of the orange blossom in Seville, the passion of the red rose in Damascus and the irresistible sensuality of the jasmine under the...

Monegal's fetish, the leather   As per Ramón Monegal;   My second self. My fetish. Black leather, absolute presence, timeless reference, requires a strong personality to show its power. Fusion of the traditional European equestrian culture with that of the mythical USA motorcycles, with which I also identify. Powerful scent, unmistakable brave... but the essence of leather does not exist! The chord interprets it. NOTES Cuero  de Rusia, Absoluto Jazmín Grasse, Absoluto Junquillo, Labdaceme, Nuez moscada, Pachuli Indonesia, Almizcle y Sándalo Australia.  REVIEW Fleeting breeze carrying some citruses while laying on a mildly indolic jasmine and orange blossom garden. The leather accord appears in a powdery kinda way very elegant and subtle. As the perfume evolves, the Russian leather starts to show its face alongside precious musks embracing the whole concoction in an everlasting base. What I love the most about this fragrance is that it's an expe...