Much of our information on the particularities of Sergey Diaghilev the man come from the many exhibitions and press catalogues which have b...

 Finding one's perfect soapy fragrance is a question of defining the scent of soap in the first place. Will it be the classic Camay and...

  There are few things I appreciate more than stumbling upon a clever word play which intrigues my mind and excites my hopes for something u...

 Exploring the Baruti line, a niche collection by Greek perfumer Spyros Drosopoulos, based in the Netherlands, I found myself transfixed by ...

Oddly enough, though I love both orientals and Serge Lutens fragrances on the whole, both of which I own a rather significant collection, I ...

One is prepped for interesting things, since Roland Mouret was intent on commissioning a perfume collaboration to the maverick French firm o...

It's not a tentative preview but a well established ritual, but Musc Gold perfume oil by Italian niche brand Bruno Acampora always make...

The perfume industry is going through different phases and looking into the developments, what with the mergers, acquisitions, take-overs an...

The staccato bravado of État Libre d'Orange's fragrant creations is the stuff of legend. (Who can forfeit their sentiments upon smel...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Succumbing to celebrity culture has never been the Guerlain way . Guerlain does not follow th...

Although saffron and roses are a favorite combination in many a niche fragrance offering these days, back in 2002, when Safran Troublant act...

I have tired of saying it : we're experiencing the end of niche. Niche was a marketing tool to grow companies and then sell them to the ...

Finding a composition that manages to bypass the ennui of too many generic " ouds " on the market is a relief (for a small sample ...

One of my preferred short stories in the canon by American author Edgar Allan Poe is William Wilson . Less popular than many of his more ...

The ember glow of a dying fire shining through the window of the yalı, the iodine assault of intensely animalic ingredients brought in by th...

What would Neela Vermeire of NVC do and say if she were a guest at my dinner party and we brought out the wine, the amuse-bouche and the bo...

What took Le Labo a couple of years to go from announcing Cuir 28 to actually launching it? It's as yet undivulged. Smelling the recen...

“I am very happy to see this fragrance collection under new ownership, permitting these perfumes presented under their original formulations...

GS03 for Biehl Parfumkunstwerke is the acronym for perfumer Geza Schoen' s third composition he signs with his initials for the quirky ...

Listening to the deep baritone of Thorsten Biehl’s voice confirms what I suspected from wearing his perfumes: he does not take fools gladly,...