The advertisements read: "Exuberant. Smouldering.Uninhibited".  It was all that and more. Mink coats, cigarette-holders, lightly ...

Originally thought out by perfumer Jean-Louis Sieuzac*  (of Opium fame ), is it any wonder Dior's Dune smells more like the warmed up ...

When one of the revered classics gets re-issued, it is cause for celebration. Or disenchantment. It really is a delicate balance. Diorama i...

Accessing the popularity stakes and artistic success of a bestseller is never an easy thing. Perhaps it's the competitors who speak most...

It's not often that I am caught completely off-guard and totally surprised by something. Usually my instincts and my (hard-paid for) exp...

Launched by Christian Dior in 1976, four years after the triumph of Diorella and composed by the same nose, the legendary Edmond Roudnitska...

“I will tell you of a perfume which my mistress has from the graces and the gods of love; when you smell it, you will ask of the deities to ...

One might think that unisex or “shared” fragrances, like DNA remnants on a TV show that focuses on forensics, can be traced back to CK One a...

Everyone has an aunt that used to bathe in cold water regardless of it being winter or summer, slip on her bathing suit first thing in the...

If Diorama is synonymous to a classical goddess, then Diorling is fit for a dark Rennaisance angel. This supremely elegant "leather c...

" Cabochard, Dioressence, Diorama were offerings to goddesses, not presents to women". This is how Luca Turin addressed the master...