Banque de Parfum
Each month, Sarah is going to design something exclusively for you, her loyal customers. These fragrances are inspired by this moment in time, and are a limited run. A free sample of the current Les Banque de Parfums fragrance is added to every order for the month.
Above The Clouds
Spring signifies renewal, and not just of nature.There's an energy floating on the softly scented breeze inspiring us to be and do all that we dreamed. It can seem impossible at times to realize what we have longed sought, but it's there. Waiting. And on that day when your dream manifests into reality and you exhale the word "Finally" with joy and wonder, you realize - it feels like the first day of Spring. Until then, let us lift you Above The Clouds.
Above The Cloud Notes:
Top: Blood Orange, Petitgrain
Middle: Orange Blossom, Lily of the Valley
Base: French Vanilla
1973
1973, our soft, warm, sepia fragrance will transport you to a crisp spring afternoon. Where tawny light streams through fresh green leaves and dapples the ground in fuzzy shadows. If you experienced 1973 with the full joie de vivre of the seventies, were just a tot in pig tails, or weren't even around yet, 1973 offerers a hint of the past; an invitation to pause and remember...
From his suede jacket and the scent from the tobacco used in his pipe to spring outings with her dad in his beloved MGTD, this time is a soft, warm memory. He believed in giving children roots and wings, although in Sarah's case he says he wished the wings didn't carry quite so far away:) 1973 lets her revisit those halcyon days, and is so sheer it can be worn by both men and women.
1973 Notes: Egyptian Sandalwood, Echo, Egyptian Musk, Tobacco, Essential Vanilla
Eau de Light
In the dreary days of winter a ray of sunshine is the perfect omen to remind us that bright days are on the horizon. Even here in Southern California where, let's face it, it's sunny a lot, the figurative darkness of winter: the stillness, the long nights, the desire for spring can get us down. It leaves us all craving some bottled sunshine ~ Eau de Light.
Eau de Light Notes:
Top: Grapefruit, Cassis, and Red Mandarin Orange
Middle: Ylang Nosy Be supported by the beautiful Jasmine Granddiflorum and Rose Demask
Base: Sheer Musk Accord accented with Vanilla and spicy Patchouli
Joy Comes From Within
Joy Comes From Within is a festive and enveloping homage to the triumphant feeling of being confident in one's own skin. Is there any more perfect wish for a new year than to emanate joy, the purest of emotions. It is said that one can not know joy until one has known suffering. Joy springs from the deep recesses of the soul, bubbling up, despite our past sorrows, to inspire and illuminate. Like walking through a passageway, we can see the light beckoning us onward. The promise of abiding joy awaits. May the promise of the new year bring you countless moments of joy.
Its spicy nutmeg top note, long revered for its ability to calm and revitalize, is accented with a sumptuous hint of almond and sparkling champagne. Perfect for the start of a brand new year. The fragrance's single middle note of bright euphoric orange blossom, so evocative of the dawning of a new day, rests gently on warm, skin-enhancing base note accord of creamy vanilla, tonka bean and musk.
Until The End Of Time
We wanted to capture the essence of these moments and December, the final moment of the year when hopes and spirts are high. The countdown to the end of the year has begun and we remember with fondness the year that is about to pass, thinking especially on those joyful endless moments. (and yes, it is also a nod to the Mayan calendar ending on December 21, 2012. ;))
Until The End of Time is a simple accord of spearmint and spruce giving lift and freshness to a base note of both white and red ambers... the juxtaposition of bright and warm, the balance of light and darkness that the end of one year and the beginnnig of the new truly captures.
Abundance
Abundance is a word with many applications. The dictionary defines abundance as overflowing fullness. Surely when we think about the fall we imagine bountiful harvests. You may even automatically think ahead to Thanksgiving, a time of abundant food, drink and family. But do you also include indulging in pleasure, and being filled with joy when you consider abundance in your life?
Top Notes: Pumpkin Spice (Clove, Cinnamon, Nutmeg); Middle Notes: Classic Fig, Turkish Musk; Base Notes: Sandalwood, Vanilla, Benzoin
Attraversiamo
Imagine falling, like a sienna colored leaf through the crisp sapphire autumn sky. That's how we wanted this fragrance to feel. The thrill of letting go - of fear, the past, the future... all of it. Autumn is a time of harvesting what we have sown through the year. It's not a time for regret, but one of acceptance. Give yourself over to the freedom of falling, releasing into infinity all that has been, and all that is yet to come and just Be.
Chocolate Sunset
Chocolate Sunset is our nod to the final glorious days of summer and the richness of fall; two seasons that collide in September, neither yielding to the othe as they put on a show of their beauty. Chocolate Sunset is all about the base notes and the dry down of patchouli, musk, oud, vanilla and hints of chocolate. This is a fragrance that can go the distance. Put it on in the morning and you'll have the sexy deepness long into the evening, or anoint yourself for a night out and wake up with Chocolate Sunset lingering sweetly on your skin.
Top Notes: Manderine Orange; Middle Notes: Jasmine Grandiflorium; Base Notes: Oud, dark chocolate, Egyptian musk,
vanilla oleoresin, spicy patchouli
Lioness
A Lioness is regal-despite her surroundings, powerful-no matter the circumstances and fierce in her convictions. She is the queen of her own heart, inspiring others to reign with magnanimous grace. With the sun, the biggest spotlight, shining brightly in Leo, now is the time to set inhibitions aside and take center stage.
Salt, carnation and blood orange mingle with a base note accord of clean musk accented by the tiniest hint of amber and vanilla to bring warmth and depth.
Summer Veil
Summer Veil shimmers between that breathless moment just before the veil of spring is pulled away to reveal the full glory of summer. An update on the SHP classic, Perfect Veil, we've added a few notes that take this clean, subtle, provocative fragrance into warm endless summer days.
Summer Veil evokes sun drenched naked skin, walking barefoot through fresh-cut dewy grass, and an outdoor wedding under a vibrant blue sky. It is a nod to June brides, honeymoon's, midsummer revelry, and the simplicity that summer inevitably brings. Linger under the spell of Summer Veil.
Summer Veil Notes:
Top: Grapefruit, Cassis, Summer Peach, and a hint of Spearmint (Mojito anyone ;) )
Middle: Mimosa Blossom
Base: Perfect Veil, French Vanilla, Brazilian Vetiver, Mysore Sandalwood, and Ambroxin
Emeralds Day and Night
Spring has officially arrived and replaced the first buds with tender green shoots. Here in Southern California we've had our yearly rains and the hillsides are verdant once again. This fragrance is all about Sarah's birthday month, May, and it's birthstone - the emerald. Because it's her birthday, Sarah has created not one, but two delicious scents: Emerald Day and Emerald Night, each an ode to the different facets of the stone, and of each of us.
Emeralds have always been special to Sarah; her Mother Andrea has a beautiful emerald ring that only came out on special occasions, and emeralds came to represent something extra - ordinary. They are classic beauty, sophistication, and elegance.
Sarah created 'the Emeralds' to evoke both bright spring days and elegant evenings. After all, who wouldn't want to be draped in emeralds day and night?
Emerald Day is bright, fun and flirty, with notes of green manderin, pear, fig, fressia, spring musk and vanilla. Emerald Night is deeper - sultry, crisp and classic, with notes of red and green manderin, fig, jasmine grandiflorium, spicy patchouli, a hint of vanilla, and spring musk.
Very different interpretations of green, with one common element - our new Spring Musk accord, debuting this month in these fragrances.
Sweet Blossom
Imagine a place where the scent of heady night blooming jasmine and euphoric orange blossom mingle, surround you, and lift you higher. Here, possibilities become realities, love is just around the corner, and the golden sun is shining warmly on your bare skin. That's the sweet spot. An ode to the blossoms and joie de vivre of spring.
Transport yourself with Sweet Blossom this April.
Sweet Blossom Notes:
Top: Lemon, Petitigrain
Middle: Neroli Fleur, Night Blooming Jasmine, Jasmine Grandiflorum, Orange Blossom
Base: African Musk, White Tunisian Musk
After The Rain
After the rain there is a timeless moment when the sun's rays part the billowing storm clouds and nature exhales. Impossibly brilliant blue skies beckon us into open spaces, with the spring flowers poking through the damp, black earth.
We invite you into that moment. Turn your face to the sun, find respite from the storm, anoint yourself, and return to that fresh place, After The Rain.
After The Rain Notes:
Top: Grapefruit, Fresh Cut Grass
Middle: Notes:Freesia, Violet (March's flower)
Base: Fresh Rain, Oakmoss, Orris Root
La Vie En Rose
The queen of all flowers, the rose embodies centuries of symbolism in her sweetly scented petals. Perhaps that is why roses so completely and fully embody the essence of love, both of self and others. The blossom, the thorns, all of it. La Vie En Rose is Sarah's tribute to roses, passion and the love of self that must prelude the love of others.
Directly translated from French, la vie en rose means 'life in pink'- to see and experience life through rose colored glasses. When we're in love doesn't all the world seem sweeter?
Anoint yourself and reveal La Vie En Rose.
La Vie En Rose Notes:
Top: Red Mandarin Orange
Middle: Tea Rose, Arabian Rose, Rose Damask-Morocco, Ylang-ylang
Base: Vanilla Oleoresin Tahiti, Blond Tobacco, Mysore Sandalwood, Tunisian Amberroserrose
Arise
Within Winter's sacred darkness a new dawn awaits the light - cool, soft, bright and beckoning. Into this new day you Arise with an open heart full of possibility. Sarah and her daughter, Jessica, created this fragrance of simplicity together. It is the perfect blend of widsom & enthusiasm. Let it beckon you to Arise to new heights in 2012.
Arise Fragrance Notes:
Top: Lavender Maillette
Middle: Osmanthus
Base: Vanilla, Clean Musk, Tunisian Frankincense, African Musk.
Huntress
Have you had a day out in nature, away from the roads and lights and sounds of civilization? Where the only conversation you have is with the rustling leaves and babbling brook? Huntress is that kind of day. A day where you are your only companion, on the hunt for peace, solitude, balance and joy. Explore natures earthy blessings with this dewy, rich, cozy fragrance. A scent that is as at home in nature, curled up with a book by the fire, or roaming the streets of the city. What ever you're hunting for, take Huntress along for the journey.
Huntress Notes:
Top: Yuzu, Bergamot, Fig, hint of Apple
Middle: Magnolia, Honeysuckle, Violet
Base: Oakmoss, Tobacco, Amber, Patchouli, African Musk, Vanilla
Perfect Twilight
The moment day evaporates into the night, that elusive, fleeting, magical periwinkle second when time stands still for a split second, that's Perfect Twilight.
Sarah created Perfect Twilight long before the sparkly skinned vampires hit book shelves. But that doesn't mean this fragrance doesn't embody the heady, fanciful, enthusiastic rush of immortal love. Originally launched 10 years ago, this beloved scent is being brought back to life as November's fragrance of the month. Soft and powdery, Twilight opens with top notes of Anise and Italian Bergamot, middle notes of African Violet and Spicy Lilac, accented with scents of Honeysuckle and Freesia, finally burning down into cool, dreamy base notes of Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood, and Orris.
Coeur De Sang
Coeur De Sang, or Heart's Blood, is
Sarah's ode to Amber. Seductive, spicy, and passionate, it is the newest addition to the Sarah Horowitz Parfums fragrance of the month collection. Layered with Love Comes From Within, Coeur de Sang is a sexy tour-de-force.
Coeur De Sang Fragrance Notes:
Top Note: Blood Orange
Middle Notes: Black Rose, Mysore Sandalwood
Base Notes: Tunisian Amber, Red Amber, Labdanum, Benzoin, Patchouli, Tunisian Opium, Vanilla and Orris ( the root of the iris flower, a scent that evokes for us the eternal love, longing and mystère of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris)
Prelude
September falls into that not quite category. It's not quite summer anymore, but it doesn't feel like fall either; it's the prelude to fall. Sarah's blended a bright, warm mix of scents to create the perfect bridge to transition you from summer into fall.
Prelude Fragrance Notes:
Top Note: Bergamot (Earl Gray Tea)
Middle Note: Egyptian Jasmine, Honey and a hint of Carnation
Base Note: French Vanilla and Patchouli
