Eco-Pretty: Patyka

Unlike my esteemed colleague, I'm not a big beauty product person. Outside of a devotion to some obscure, embarrassingly expensive skincare products, I don't really wear makeup, cut my hair about twice a year and keep things pared down in general in terms of the products in my life -- mostly because my schedule is so erratic that the term "beauty routine" sends me into paroxysms of laughter at such a ludicrous concept. But the one beauty thing I do get extravagant and obsessive about is fragrance -- I'm crazy about perfume, my idea of beauty heaven being the perfume counter at Barneys and a free afternoon. And lately I'm crazy about Patyka fragrances, which are certified organic and use only the purest ingredients and processes to manufacture sumptuous, fresh fragrances that can rival the best of such heavyweights as Diptyque, L'Artisan Parfumeur and Serge Lutens. Patyka's Hesperidé fragrance is a crisp, sharp lime crossed with lavender that would be perfect for summer, while sultry ladies might go for Ambre, which opens with sharp, green blasts of bergamot that settle into rich, sensual amber and vanilla. Patyka's perfumes are generally very aromatic and are suited to individualists who seek something off the beaten path, something distinctive, slightly unusual and even abstract in nature -- almost like something an intellectual Jane Birkin would have worn in the late 1960s. And god, who wouldn't want to be that?

Posted by Kat in Green Beauty
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