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Fête d'Hiver reviewed on Perfume Shrine


Visit Perfume Shrine blog to read Helg's review of Fête d'Hiver, my perfume celebrating the winter holidays, with the soft ambiance of snow and fur...
You'll also find there a brief mention of Bois d'Hiver, the limited edition this winter - foresty, with sweet balsams and flowers, and a hint of spice.

Image: Sugar Plum Snowflake by Piper

December is Natural Perfume Month

The Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild has named December Natural Perfume Month in recognition of the growing interest in natural fragrances. The first naturally-perfumed gifts associated with the month of December were those given in Bethlehem of frankincense and myrrh. Those fragrant tree resins are found in many natural perfumes today.
During this month, ancient traditions called for a fragrant conifer tree, wreaths and boughs decorating the home. Today, the wonderful aroma of cooking with sweet spices like cinnamon and clove adds to the ambiance, creating a truly festive atmosphere.

Celebrate with us the beauty of natural perfumes during the Natural Perfume Month this December. Make this holiday season even more special and memorable, by choosing beautiful handcrafted luxurious scents offered by the Perfumers of the Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild. Visit the Natural Perfumery portal - a directory to natural perfumeries and associate members of the Artisan Natural Perfumers' Guild - and take advantage of the seasonal special offers!

News from the Nose: Winter Holiday Specials

Dear Fragrant Friends,

In this newsletter:
* Winners Announcement for the Perfume Review Contest
* New Perfume Launches – Razala, Film Noir and Bois d’Hiver
* Cool New Gifts Packages and Stocking Stuffers Ideas
* Liquidation Sale Reminder and Update
* Updated Info about Ordering From Us

First of all, I would like to deeply thank all of you who participated in the Perfume Review Contest and took the time to review and post your impressions of my perfumes. Most of Ayala Moriel Parfums are now reviewed on MakeUpAlley and on Basenotes:

The Perfume Review Contest Winners are:
Carrie from Minnesota (won 9ml flacon of Kinmokusei);
Christine from Nebraska (won Perfumed Pendant filled with Palas Atena);
Leena from Helsinki (won a mini wardrobe of 4 of our newest scents); and
Kara from Minnesota (another lucky winner of the mini wardrobe!).

Congratulations!

FALL & WINTER 2006/2007 FRAGRANCE LAUNCHES
Ayala Moriel Parfums is proud to introduce our first perfume to include ambergris:

RAZALA

Razala is a passionate, modern love poem to thorny hills and Desert Mountains. It pulsates with vibrant, colourful spices, seductive flower petals, and precious resins and woods of Arabia. Razala is the perfumer’s Arabic nickname.
The ambergris used in this perfume was beach harvested on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and no whales were hurt or killed in the process. It was naturally cured by the sun and ocean and sea salt, and adds a stunningly smooth, animalic and sweet effect in this parfum, making it a real treasure.

Top notes: Pink Pepper, Saffron Crocus, Magnolia
Heart notes: Orange Blossom, Rose, Tuberose, Jasmine
Base notes: Ambergris, Oudh, Myrrh, Vintage Patchouli

This perfume is selling fast so place your order now!


SNEAK PREVIEW of UPCOMING LAUNCH
In Winter 2007, Ayala Moriel will launch our one and only –

Topless…

Heartless…

FILM NOIR

Film Noir is a heartless and topless perfume – with base notes only. This is a mysterious concoction of dark chocolate, patchouli and myrrh. Inspired by the cinematic genre of dark and tragic tales, this perfume is as musty and deep as the sewers of Vienna in the Third Man, as dark and tragic as the alleys of Chinatown where the anti-heroes and heroines find their death time and time again every time you watch them on the screen… But most importantly, it is as dark as the soul those who make and watch these films… It is sensual and multi-faceted despite the simplicity of its compositions, and it unravels its dark story as you wear it on your warm skin.
Film Noir is already starting to gather attention and was reviewed recently on Perfume Shrine blog by perfume reviewer Helg from Greece on Perfume Shrine Blog.

You can order a sample or pre-order a bottle, which will be ready for you just before Christmas!

LIMITED EDITION for WINTER 2007
We are very pleased to offer to you this season a limited edition that is both masculine and festive:

BOIS d’HIVER

Bois d’Hiver, our masculine version of Fête d’Hiver is a limited edition for this winter. It is a very similar formula to what is known from previous years as “Fête d’Hiver pour Homme”, only now with the addition of the mouthwatering candied Christmas tree note of Fir Absolute, and fabulous, sparkling Orange Flower Water Absolute to chase away winter gloom and bring joy to your heart!


STOCKING STUFFERS – PARFUM MINIATURES
We love the new look of our sample vials, and think that they can make a great stocking stuffer, but we wanted to offer a more generous amount of juice in a more affordable price that you can use as a fragrant stocking stuffer.

Our new, limited-time offer for the Holiday Season mini bottles are 2ml, filled with parfum extrait and are adorned with our cute fairy-logo on the lid. These are offered alone for $31.99, or you can purchase a Deluxe Mini Wardrobe for only $89.99 (see below).

MINI FRAGRANCE WARDROBES
You can now have a miniature collection of 4 exquisite and scrumptious perfumes from Ayala Moriel to suit all moods and occasions!
Ayala Sender, Natural Perfumer and Fragrance Consultant, will help you design your own mini wardrobe, or you can choose your own.

We would like to suggest the following combinations, particularly suitable for the Holiday Season:

Winter Festival Collection:
4 Festive, luxurious scents that are particularly suitable for the winter, including three new releases:
Fete d’Hiver, Bois d’Hiver, Film Noir & Razala

Cheerful Collection:
Cheerful notes to chase away winter gloom
Tamya, Zohar, Bois d’Hiver, Yasmin

Winter Man:
A collection of 4 luxurious masculine scents, particularly suitable for winter
Bois d’Hiver, Rebellius, Finjan, L’Herbe Rouge

PARFUM REFILLS
Now available - parfum extrait refills for your flacon!
These 15ml refill bottles can accompany your next purchase to ensure you won't run out of your favourite scent. These are attractively priced at only $180 for a package of one 8ml Parfum Extrait flacon and one 15ml refill bottle.

LIQUIDATION CONTINUES at AYALA MORIEL PARFUMS
Don't miss this opportunity to buy larger amount of your favourite scent at a significantly discounted price! This packaging is being discontinued, as it was replaced by 8ml French Flacon with ground glass stopper. All of our perfumes are now sold only in pure parfum or parfum oil concentrations, for $90 a piece regular price.

All bottles are hand painted with our signature Fairy and the Drop logo, and the name of the perfume.

Visit my “BLOWOUT SALE” page on SmellyBlog for the most updated list of perfumes and sizes available.

Please take a look and pass on to your fragrant friends!

UPDATED INFO ABOUT ORDERING FROM US
If you haven’t visited AyalaMorie.com recently – you can now order online via our new PayPal shopping cart. Cheqeus and money orders are still accepted.
The shopping cart is quite primitive, but it’s easy to use. Each perfume has the available sizes and forms that you can purchase on the perfume’s page.

If you want to order a Fragrance Wardrobe, a Sample Package or a Signature Perfume, the purchase buttons for those appear on this page (just don’t forget to email us to let us know which perfumes you are ordering).

STAY TUNED…
For more newsletters and special offers, click on the “Perfume Discounts” link on the right sidebar on SmellyBlog.

Wishing you a joyful and fragrant Holiday Season,

Ayala

Image credit: Detail of Snowflakes by tin.G

Perfume News: Razala


Ayala Moriel is pleased to announce the launch of our new perfume for Fall/Winter 2007:
RAZALA

Whether if you are a Harem Queen or a Beduine Shepard at heart, Razala is a passionate, modern love poem to thorny hills and desert mountains. Razala pulsates with vibrant, colourful spices, seductive flower petals, and precious resins and woods of Arabia. This is also our first perfume to include the scarcest building block: beach-harvested ambergris, adding smoothness and an underlining raw animalic energy.

The original vision for Razala was to bottle the sense of freedom that is felt when climbing a mountain and spending an extended amount of time in the wilderness. It’s a scent that is all about seduction of the senses and the mind, leading you to the sensual serenity of a dim-lit feast of many spicy exotic dishes and luxurious colours and textures of the fabrics of a harem, the most sensual of them being one’s own skin…

The notes are:

Razala was inspired by the thorny hills where I grew up – where goats used to herd on the fragrant bushes of hyssop, sage and labdanum. I spent hours on end on these mountains, enjoying the textures of the rocks, the essence of the soil, and the smooth barks of red arbutus trees, occasionally alarmed by the sound of goat bells and the cries of the goat herds that followed them.

Razala is one of my nicknames and is the Arabic translation of my name (which means a doe, by the way). There was something that always really fascinated me about deer and goats: their fragile innocence reflected through their eyes, yet their enormous strength and resilience and the stubborn manner in which they lead their way through rocky, bushy, thorny hills and mountains.



Razala went through several transformations before reaching the perfection of what it is now: I started with the raw essences of hyssop, sage and oregano, paired with flower notes of rose and jasmine and the greenness of a tangerine peel. The base, originally, was spikenard (a musty root that is reminiscent of wet soil), costus (a musky root that smells like goats), and labdanum (the resin from the same rockroses that grew on the mountains that were my inspiration). Although the original formulation smelled exactly like the mountains when a herd of smelly goats pass by – it was crude and not so wearable. It wasn’t until recently, when I decided to change direction and go all the way with the sensuality and shameless seduction of notes used in traditional Arab perfumery – Audh, Ambergris, Myrrh. This was the base, and to that I added the most luxurious vintage patchouli – it is aged for several years, which makes it sweet and sublime, soft and almost powdery, and truly an aphrodisiac. To these I added my favourite spicey notes – cloves, pink peppercorns and saffron, as well as the most luscious flowers of all – orange blossom, rose, tuberose, jasmine and magnolia. I must admit I am terribly happy with the result and this is in my opinion the best perfume that ever came out of my atelier. It is my new personal favourite, even though when it comes to my own line, I am not allowed to have one. It creates a unique aura in collaboration with your skin and than really grows on you.

Razala is available in parfum extrait only at this point: 9ml parfum flacon for $89.99 or a flacon + 15ml refill bottle for $179.99.


Image of Bedouine woman courtesy of Kunja.

LesNez

LesNez is a new niche perfumery from Switzerland, founded by René Schifferle. It launched just recently, with three scents, all created by Isabelle Doyen, the Nose behind many Annick Goutal beuties, such as Eau de Sud, Ce Soir ou Jamais, Grand Amour and others - including my current love Songes.

All three scents have the dreamy, fragile, perfectionist quality that can be found in many of Ms. Doyen’s creations for the house of Annick Goutal – I find all the three LesNez scents to be softer and easier to wear. They do not have the somewhat sharp greenness of the other creations.

I found it interesting that two of the three perfumes have reminded me of fantasy books in some way or the other. Following this post are reviews of all three scents. They can all be obtained from the LesNez Online Shop.

The image is of "In The Wind", a sculture by Gillian White. A limited edition of 200 bottles is presented within this sculture.
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