In my -and many others'- mind, Italy has always stood as the archetypal bed for the blossoming of the arts: the country not only is a li...

If you -like me- have ever played at your mother's or grandmother's vanity mixing the liquid of all the little perfume bottles toget...

"I really want the client to interpret my fragrances on a personal level. I anticipate ‘weaker’ moments in my perfumes, so that clients...

Today is a very special day! Contrary to many others, I don't usually broadcast what I'm doing outside the scope of Perfume Shrine o...

It is all too often that I come across pronouncements having to do with differing perceptions on fragrances that end with "Everyone is ...

In the film “How to steal a million” (William Wyler,1966) the plot revolves around a prized Cellini Venus lent by the heroine’s father to a...

Absinthe and its hallucinogenic reputation have contributed to the mythos of it being the drink of artists and poets who harnessed its &quo...

Many times a simple object holds a fascination beyond its functionality. Like sofas... They are lovely to cushion our derriere, but have we ...

How can an obituary be glamorous? Or related to scent barring the mental connection with funeral flowers? Well, it can, if it involves René ...

Edmond Roudnitska Perfume Shrine embarked on a mission: to disect and discuss one of the bastions of chypre: la maison Dior in its fo...

In my previous post I elaborated on what constitutes art in perfumery and what criteria must apply for it to be defined as such. Some perfum...

The issue of what constitutes art and what does not has been on my mind for years. Being an historian and having a degree in History of Art ...