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How To Apply Perfumes And Other Scents

How To Apply Perfumes And Other Scents

 How To Apply Perfumes And Scents

To begin with, I would like to acknowledge Ethan Archer, a hobbyist perfumer, who stopped past the Studio early this week to exchange ideas about perfume and he was seeking some of the materials I use in perfume, having given him a sample of my white ambergris some weeks ago. I began reading his blog thereafter and it is a good read. You can click through here - https://ethanarcher.com/

One of the articles I read was on how to apply perfume and I thought I would add my own two cents worth, though his article is pretty comprehensive.

— Nicholas Atgemis
The Post Pandemic Black Tie Suit

The Post Pandemic Black Tie Suit

 out of lockdown? What will it all look like? Articles appear on magazines like The Economist announcing the end of commercial real estate and the downfall of the modern workplace and city office. There are reports that workers refuse to go back into the workplace…
— Nicholas Atgemis
New Bow Ties Are Live

New Bow Ties Are Live

Firstly, allow me to apologise to you. I noticed all our new garza grossa and fina neck ties said they were made in Australia on the website. This is not correct. They are made in Italy. When we make in Australia you should see on the rear blade of the neck tie tipping a small map of Australia in gold.
— Nicholas Atgemis
You Didn't Know We Design Our Own Silks?

You Didn't Know We Design Our Own Silks?

It struck me as odd but acceptable that one of most loyal customers for years was surprised when he saw me sketching a silk one day. I told him that I was designing a new silk and he said "you design your own silks?" .

Admittedly he was a fan of our Japanese yuzen bow ties but I had never considered that any of customers hadn't worked out that we design our own silks from scratch. 

— Nicholas Atgemis
Notes On Lockdown 2.0

Notes On Lockdown 2.0

Notes On Lockdown 2.0

The photo is from Vernon Thomson, it serves as a reminder that even when our customers aren’t shopping us, it doesn’t mean to say that don’t love our product – and so I don’t take it personally when you are all quiet.

And so I wish to tell you an anecdote on Lockdown Sydney.

Yesterday I cut my own hair for the second time, this time it wasn’t just a trim on the sides and I was really trying to give it a good go – but I butchered it. And now I have the right side of my head look pretty ordinary and I am contemplating shaving the whole thing off and starting again.

— Nicholas Atgemis
The Family Is Together At Last - Our 10ML Travel Atomisers Arrive

The Family Is Together At Last - Our 10ML Travel Atomisers Arrive

We can now say we offer a comprehensive perfume service from custom made perfumes to travel atomisers to suit occasions to accompany them. I have had so much wonderful feedback from the perfumes, and some constructive criticism too I might add, that it's been a very rewarding foray into something very personal and relevant to me, the art of smell and how it makes us feel. Watching a BBC documentary the other night on perfumers, the master teacher said that a perfumer was someone who was "part scientist, part poet". And it is often said that as we get to the depths of art and the depths of science, they often merge into the one. Now, I really don't believe myself to be either necessarily, but it makes for something to strive for no?
— Nicholas Atgemis
Stoicism In The Face Of Adveristy - Churchill In The Window

Stoicism In The Face Of Adveristy - Churchill In The Window

When I was taught art history years ago I was shown how artists, especially with memento mori art, would pass comment on the subjects of their portraits by leaving hidden messages, like skulls, in their paintings. And then also the complex relationship of love/hate between the artist and his patron. I need you money but I don’t want to be told what to do etc.
— Nicholas Atgemis
Do You Miss The Glamour And The Glitz?

Do You Miss The Glamour And The Glitz?

There was a time not that long ago when I felt that there was a possibility we might be back to our old lives by 2022 but I fear that we will be living with this virus for a lot longer and what a week it will be when, some years from now, the word Covid does not even appear in an online publication for a week or more.... That may take some time. 

In the meantime, expect that there will be less glamour and glitz, but perhaps begin to build up an idea in your head of what kind of rapture you might be in when you next get a proper hand written on fine cardboard paper invitation to some swellegant event that gets you thinking "now, for this one I am going to go all out!".

Today I offer you Liberace in London some time in the year 1977.

We hope you channel some of this at your first opportunity get!

Talk soon and you can find me on +61413140994

— Nicholas Atgemis
A Note On Testimonials

A Note On Testimonials

As many of you know, we are all about looking after our customers, though admittedly, one in a hundred we seem to balls up for one reason or another. It happens. But we do our best to rectify it. Below I post some of the feedback we get and I write this post requesting that you leave us feedback on our google page here or send it to my phone directly on +61413140994 .
— Nicholas Atgemis
The Post Covid Bucket List - See Madagascar With My Own Eyes

The Post Covid Bucket List - See Madagascar With My Own Eyes

 Some evenings I spend on the internet thinking about things I might do once this storm has passed but let us face the music, it’s unlikely to happen any time soon. Lately to stave off boredom from lockdown in Sydney I come to work and when I am not cutting, packing or sending or, dare I say it at the detriment of my own reputation, spruiking my own wares, when all that is done, I make perfumes and research things on my iPad whilst I listen to music and contemplate what the fuck happened to our lives? This tiny pissant of a thing really has wreaked havoc on our overprivileged Sydney lifestyles where we gaze at the harbour, at ourselves, at the blue horizon from white sandy beaches and generally just live better than most other people in this world. We live so well that I often wonder why so many people suicide in this city. In fact not far from our Studio is one of the most popular sites from which people take their final trip, jumping off the cliffs to a rocky watery death at the base. You often hear sirens every day heading up there either to prevent one or to clean up the mess. It never gets reported you see, because suicide seems to beget more suicide so they conveniently leave it out of the papers and instead publish a line at the bottom of news article which would indicate suicide by suggesting you can call Lifeline if you are in a mental storm and can’t find a way out.
— Nicholas Atgemis
IF YOU MISSED THE SALE

IF YOU MISSED THE SALE

Dear Customers, 

Our overly generous discount codes are time limited as we progressively discount the lots over a number of days which are effectively Dutch Auctioned . If you would like to secure yourself a great deal, it is best to get in early rather than wait for the final code which is limited in time. 

We are always open to negotiation on +61413140994 prior to the final codes going live. 

For those of you who grabbed a wonderful bargain, I hope you enjoy the product and spread the word about what we do and encourage your friends to make use of the codes once they become available. 

Thanks,
Nicholas
+61413140994
— Nicholas Atgemis
Ambergris – The Truffle Of The Ocean

Ambergris – The Truffle Of The Ocean

It was a few weeks back as I was watching a perfume bloggers YouTube channel that I was finally able to work out that lingering part of Aventus that made it so irresistible. Long after the citrus notes were gone and even when they were on, there was this background scent, something I could never quite put my finger on, which made it always so inimitable to my mind. It was, according to the blogger, the fact that they were using real ambergris.
— Nicholas Atgemis