I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I do. Wood Sage & Sea Salt is Mme Nagel’s swansong for Jo Malone London, a windswept adieu of love. Along with Marie Salamagne and Fabrice Pellgrin of Firmenich, Mme Nagel has done much to infuse Jo Malone’s somewhat static scented image with a portfolio of varied and intriguing work. Since then her work has oscillated between generic bourgeois crowd-pleasers such as Sakura Cherry Blossom and English Pear & Freesia and some genuinely sensual and creative work such as the gleeful Sugar & Spice Collection last summer which included the incredible cocoa hit of Bitter Orange & Chocolate. It’s being axed… so get it while you can, it’s bloody gorgeous. I LOVED the Rosewater & Vanilla I’m on my sixth bottle. Her debut trio in 2010 for Jo Malone of Rosewater & Vanilla, Oud & Bergamot and Iris & White Musk was very striking, the first in the house’s smoke-bottled Cologne Intense series. She understands the needs of commercial scent making, but is not afraid to play with form and content to achieve the effects she feels are needed. Nagel is a stylish perfumer with a shimmering touch and an eye for discreet classicism. Jo had been responsible for many of the big name successes of the original line including the cult Lime, Basil & Mandarin and Pomegranate Noir. Christine was brought to Jo Malone by the then brand director, Dom De Vetta (the founder and Creative Director for Shay & Blue in London who first met our Editor in Chief Michelyn Camen at the launch of Jo Malone English Freesia and Pear with Christine Nagel in New York in 2010) Dom came from the perfume division of Chanel to take the reins at Jo Malone when Ms. It is no secret that Christine Nagel, the parfumeuse responsible for Jo Malone’s latest fragrance Wood Sage & Sea Salt has taken up residence at Hermès under the minimalist and oddly joyful guidance of olfactory superstar Jean-Claude Ellena. Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt Ad campaign by Tim Walker
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