I am very pleased to announce that Colognoissuer will be attending Esxence 2014. Esxence is one of the premiere, if not the premiere, perfume expositions in the world. This will be the third time I have attended Esxence in their six year history. One of the things that makes this such an exciting exhibition of artistic perfumery is it is a rigorously curated event. Every exhibitor has to pass through a curatorial process before being admitted to the expo. This leads to a very high quality experience. The lists of exhibitors get released in waves leading up to the opening on March 20, 2014. The first group of exhibitors for Esxence 2014 have just been announced and they are :
- AA Absolument Absinthe
- Alyson Oldoini
- Baldi Firenze 1867
- Bois 1920
- Bond No. 9
- Cale Fragranze D'Autore
- Clive Christian Perfume
- Cowshed
- Cuarzo the Circle
- Du Bois
- Eau D'Italie
- Emmanuel Levain
- Eternal by Ajmal
- Eutopie
- Fleur de Cafe
- Franck Boclet
- Geo F. Trumper
- Giulietta Capuleti
- House of Sillage
- Hugh Parsons
- La Manufacture des Chateaux
- La Parfumerie Moderne
- Le Galion
- Les Parfums Keiko Mecheri
- Mancera Paris
- Mariella Martinato
- Memo Paris
- Mendittorosa Odori D'Anima
- Montale Paris
- My Inner Island Parfums
- Naomi Goodsir Parfums
- Nu_Be
- Panama 1924
- Pantheon
- Parfums D'Orsay Paris
- Parfums M. Micallef
- Paul Emilien
- Philab
- Pineider
- Profumi del Forte
- Profumi di Pantellaria
- Prudence Paris
- Rance 1795
- Rose & Co. Manchester
- Rouge Bunny Rouge
- Teatro Fragranze Uniche
- Teo Cabanel
- Tiziana Terenzi
- Torre of Tuscany
- Ulili Moroccan Scents
- Ulrich Lang New York
- Vanessa Tugendhaft
- Washington Tremlett
- X-Pec
Along with this exciting line up of artistic perfumes there will be a contest to design the bottle to hold the perfume which won last year’s “The Scent of Esxence” contest, Etoilegance by Alexander Lee of Mane. This is especially fitting since Esxence 2014 will be taking place in the Triennale di Milano which is an institution devoted to promoting contemporary design, art, and architecture. This will be an exciting extension of last year’s contest to see which flacon best represents Mr. Lee’s fantastic fragrance.
There will be announcements of panels and additional exhibitors as we approach the opening day and I’ll be sure to keep you updated as those details come in.
–Mark Behnke
