Many of the original scents created by William Penhaligon were modernized and re-introduced as part of the Anthology Collection. The compan...

For reasons not very difficult to parse Diptyque's Philosykos is one of my favorite summer perfumes and any time I want to be eased into...

Composed by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti exactly 20 years ago in 1994, Premier Figuier still remains one of the very best out there, conjuring...

Greece 16 August 1990 "We’re exploring the country from top to bottom, by car, bus, boat and foot! The landscapes are like nothing we...

I had promised you in my Best of 2012 in Perfume & Style recap late last year that I would return with my views on the very new Rouge Bu...

The scent of figs is amazing and unique among fruits; succulent, juicy, milky sap green with a bitter edge when unripe. Pairing a few slices...

An anarchic perfume? Why not? an outlaw perfume that doesn't recognize any rules or regulations it hasn't been tested on animals...

To say I am rather competent to judge a realistic fig or fig tree scent is an understatement, and that's not out of an overinflated ego....

“Virtuosity,” star perfumer Jean Claude Ellena says “is a form of seduction.” In the latest Hermessence , Santal Massoïa , virtuoso Jean-Cl...

All Mugler fragrances create a stir, from the iconic Angel to the stomping woody jasmine in Alien , the metamorphosis-inducing androgyne tub...

The last day of May had me leafing through the photos that I had taken throughout the Veniamin month of spring. The fragrant orgy of the war...

Sometimes one comes across some special people who are kind, generous, lovely. And on some rare occassions it so happens that those special ...