Hello Friends and Fumerie Fragrance Community!
Today’s blog post is all about videos! We make no secret of the fact that we prefer personalized consultations, written reviews and appraisals, and personal exploration to the ever-increasing video recommendation culture around perfumes, but where we do love to use the medium of video to explore perfume and fragrance is in the documentary format!
When I first started getting into fragrance Tracy recommended this three-part BBC documentary to me and it changed my worldview forever. Truly, my reactions to the information contained in these documentaries has steered my feelings about this art form and industry more than any single fragrance or brand, and I would say the only thing more influential to my interest in fragrance in general has been Fumerie itself. I think every fan of fragrance and fragrance art, and to be frank any consumer of any products at all, stands to benefit from the material found in these three hour-long documentaries. I’m sure history buffs would enjoy these as well!
I present them here without further introduction, and hope a great many of you will view and enjoy them! I encourage anyone who finds them interesting to comment on this post or reach out to us with feedback or question!
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Additionally, a few years back I came across this fascinating Al Jazeera documentary on oud, which is probably the most mystical and often asked about single-ingredient in perfume (just edging out ambergris for my anecdotal top spot). I will also present this below without further comment. If you have any other fragrance-informed movie recommendations we would love to hear about them! Feel free to leave a comment or reach out to us directly!
Oud Documentary
Thanks for stopping by, and we hope you enjoy!
Michael