In the Grey Flannel scent by American designer Geoffrey Beene, crisp greenery and musk tonalities (plus that seductive coumarin in the botto...

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

Back in 1995 when this Francis Kurkdjian composed fragrance launched Le Male didn't look like it would become that huge in popularity. ...

When King Kong punches his pectorals in wild dominance, you know there's an ominous threat of being squished into pulp any minute now. W...

You emptied the soapy suds onto the polished wooden floorboards by accident, knocking the full bucket in one tug of the broom. The planks go...

How can a strictly indoors smell, that of burning incense, so tied to wooden pegs and tight clusters of people, gain an outdoorsy veneer? Th...

The Passport to Paris Collection is a trio of perfumes exploring the fin de siècle (that is, the 19th century's prolonged swan song) wh...

Essence of a dream, that is Extrait de songe , was the very poetic name of a limited edition “clean”perfume for summer 2005 by L’artisan ...

Open any perfume guide with fragrance "notes" or any online discussion or blog post on perfume description and you're bound to...

Penhaligon’s latest fragrance, Sartorial , is tailored; literally. It reminds me a bit of the Humphrey character in 1980s BBC Yes Minister! ...

"From his brown and golden fur Comes such sweet fragrance that one night I was perfumed with it because I caressed him once, once only&...

Noir this, noir that...What is it about Black that makes it creep up on you with the silent force of a nidja? After Serge Noire [click for ...