Allegedly when Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were in the search for their first foray into perfumes, they took mods developed for them ...

From the noontide sun depart Here belov'd awhile repose And the murmurings of my heart Let me tenderly disclose, to my forest rose.[...

Perfume Primers is a new feature on the Perfume Shrine site, intended for beginners who cannot find their way through the tangled cosmos of...

"Give him Madame Rochas . A few drops at a time."  ~New Yorker magazine vintage ad 27 November 1965 Madame Rochas was the s...

There is a human, flawed sublayer beneath the icy, perfect Hitchockian beauty of Betty Draper from Mad Men , which manifests itself when the...