People sometimes say things are not what they used to be, and in the case of fragrances, they're unequivocally right. Despite a certain ...

I recall a particularly tough professor back in my University days demanded such hard-to-crack questions that one way to bypass embarrassmen...

Le Parfum Couture Denis Durand for M.Micallef has just been released on the occasion of the Cannes Shopping Festival. Creating for 20 years...

To understand the demise of Chunga is to realize that it is truly unmarketable in today's world: For a feminine perfume it flunks the t...

The majestic scent of sandalwood stands as the benevolent Hitopadeśa tales of the Far East, a fan of fantasy woven in didactic morals for pr...

A little girl watching her mother putting on her make up, getting ready for a night out. Nivea cream scent (with its special bouquet of arom...

The mouillettes by Maria Candida Gentile have been lying on my desk for several weeks now, aromatizing the air with their delicious mélange,...

It's hard to pronounce judgement on something that intrisically draws you in, yet you find that it repeats motifs known from a previous ...

The resounding answer to above question is to Bee, all the more so since bees are a reminder of the endless circle of existence and renewal ...

Andy Tauer, enfant gaté of the niche universe, and deservingly so, excells in three things in his fragrant sonatas: hesperidia, rose and res...

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

What do you get when you cross-polinate a popular feminine theme from the early 90s with the desire to break away from the simplistic fruiti...

I recall as a child discovering with excitement the furry exterior of bubble-bees, the kind you don't see any more, the desire to fondle...