I suppose it was all pre-mapped out for me in a way, but like Indiana Jones famously said “there’s no X marking the spot.” I found the w...

Chandler Burr shoots from the hip. This is probably why I consider him a friend. Truth, you see, possesses that rare beauty that can cut lik...

My love affair with the Italian culture is a known quantity. The fact that I discover new nuggets of fragrant passion in the beautiful langu...

Alexandra Monet, a young perfumer working for aroma producing company Drom fragrances Specifically she is responsible for the upcoming comme...

"Preferences change. In the 1990s, people wanted a very light fragrance. Today that’s not the case. There are now so many heady scent...

I conducted a really direct, honest interview with Karen Gilbert, whose recent perfume book "Perfume: the Art & Craft of Fragrances...

Mandy Aftel granted me an interview on subjects which are usually never touched, such as business positioning & online only distribution...

'In those days, it was rare to want to train as a perfumer. You were fully aware that it wasn't Karl Lagerfeld actually creating his...

Listening to the deep baritone of Thorsten Biehl’s voice confirms what I suspected from wearing his perfumes: he does not take fools gladly,...

My interview with co-founder of Le Labo, Fabrice Penot , has been uploaded on Fragrantica. I had given a glimpse (and an exclusive) a few da...

Perfumery has come under much scrutiny lately, with exhibitions focused on its merits and implications, critical writing on the subject, a t...

“Fragrance and perfumes are offers for personal transformation, indented to bring us from our ACTUAL SELF – how we feel, closer to our IDEAL...

Ramón Monegal Masó is the perfumer and driving force behind prominent niche perfumes firm Ramón Monegal from Barcelona, Spain. Certainly am...

"Perfume is an ephemeral thing, but it has a lasting effect on people". As I hear those words in the melodious cadenza of Melissa ...

“From the Desk of Miriam Masterson”, year 1968 "Three blocks away from our house on Evelyn Avenue , I take dance lessons, at the Bea...