By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Today we’re all about fragrances. I’ve been sampling some lovely new perfumes from the Demeter Fragrance Library, a homegrown company that has long been making mostly natural colognes and is now dipping into what it hopes will be a strong market for natural perfumes. It’s a pricier proposition and the company has teased the numbers enough to bring natural scents to mainstream consumers.
These new Vintage Naturals are surprisingly good smelling stuff — you really can whiff the difference. With these, a rose is a rose; lavender is lavender. Each of the five scents has a true high note composed by Mother Nature, blended with undertones, also all from natural essential oils. Mimosa is accompanied by Ylang Ylang; Patchouli is spiced with orange and cardamom, and Lavender with orange, lemon and galbanum. They’re earthy, but feminine (and available this month at Sephora and online at Demeter).
