Il Mondo di Odore

The perfumes of Roméa d’Améor have not been extensively reviewed, but since this small house produces only creations intended specifically for women (not for men, nor unisex), the fact that it was not listed at Basenotes, the members of which generally seem to pride themselves on being up to the minute on the latest niche offerings, did not necessarily mean all that much. The house's founder, Annie Vannier describes her line at the website thus: Roméa d’Améor’s extraordinary line of seven scents is a tribute to real women throughout the ages who have touched history in tangible ways…women with distinct personalities who lived very different lives surrounded by the scents of their time, for whom each [is] paid a fragrant tribute. The “ real women throughout the ages ” turn out to be the members of fairly exclusive groups: Les Souveraines d'Egypte [The (female) Sovereigns of Egypt] Les Impératrices Japonaises [The Empresses of Japan] Les Maîtresses de Louis XIV [The Mistresses...