It was Shakespeare who wrote, ""Cry havoc!, and let loose the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with ca...

Battling bad smells has been a millenia-long battle for humanity. Fighting body odor specifically has been a battle against our very own hum...

Writing about chemical warfare and its smells doesn't come easy. The prompt was a quote I came across in a letter to Siegfried Sassoon, ...

Our modern interpretation of water as a scent component, however, has nothing to do with the time-honored tradition of scented waters dottin...

Perfume people love to diss a new release aimed at millennials, and this is what happened in part with Dior's Poison Girl when it first ...

One day in 1635, Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, commonly referred to as Le Cardinal Richelieu, sniffed his talisman of Eau de Meliss...

Although it might seem like Eau de Néroli Doré is more masculine leaning and could be interpreted by the casual "sniffeur" as maud...

Battling bad smells has been a millenia-long battle for humanity. Fighting body odor specifically has been a battle against our very own h...

Mugler's Innocent seems in retrospect to be the perfect alternative for people who like gourmand fragrances, love sugared almonds, love...

In one of my newest historical articles for Fragrantica, amassed under the collective title of 1001 Past Tales , I discuss the infamous &quo...

When erotic authoress Anais Nin reminiscences about her relationship with Henry Miller's wife , June, it is a bottle of Guerlain's M...

via "Since she had exchanged one of the most luxurious Courts of the Middle Ages for that of Aragon, chiefly concerned with the ce...

Virgil said in his Georgics , referring to agricultural labors, "Tempus fugit", i.e. time flies. And it does fly and the older I ...

In the ever increasing pace of fragrance launches some catch one's eye due to either exclusivity cachet or brand awareness. This is the ...

News of a collaboration between French jewelers & fragrance brand Mauboussin and French-American actress & singer Arielle Dombasle l...

The notion of "shopping your wardrobe" is hot on fashion and style blogs right now. The idea of a judged frugality has something a...

I have been having a bit of trouble with putting in comments lately, Blogger acting up or something, so please excuse my delay in responding...

The snow has taken New York by storm if Instagram is any proof of that, but do not fear. Here we can bring the crocuses from under the stony...

Santa Baby can't get more busy this year. I haven't even had the time to sample most of what I wanted to, being so terribly busy and...

Sacred among essences the resin of the Commiphora myrrha tree grows in the solitary desert weeping its fragrant tears for that which could ...