"The Tuberose, with her silvery light, That Is in the gardens of Malay Is called the mistress of the night, So like a bride, scented...

The holiday season means it’s cold outside and everyone is spending more time indoors, with the windows and doors closed. It’s time to feat...

The lotus...floating upon river waters where ancient civilizations flourished and died. Jasmine...the pervader of the night, its piercingly ...

One of the greatest joys of being a perfume writer and an amateur cook is combining the appreciation of scents into fields that surpass thei...

In the season of thanks, I'm especially thankful for being part of a discourse on perfumery which takes diverse and interesting turns al...

The Mystery of Musk began as an innovative project in which natural perfumers tried to render a viable, sustainable animalic musk through no...

When the well-trodden becomes anew there is reason for joy. If certain white flowers have always seem unatainable to you, if you found yours...

We have dabbled in Anya's Garden, an artisan natural perfumery stationed in Miami Shores, Florida USA before, here at the Shrine. We we...

It is well known to our readers by now that chypre perfumes are dependent on a strict formula that juxtaposes bergamot and oakmoss, interl...