Although we tend to overlook Boss fragrances, if only because of their ubiquitousness and confusing names, apparently, they still possess th...

Using as fine fragrance the equivalent of ecclesiastic incense of the Catholic variety, marvelously assimilated in Avignon by Comme de Garço...

The ember glow of a dying fire shining through the window of the yalı, the iodine assault of intensely animalic ingredients brought in by th...

Tsarina , part of the London exclusive "Four Corners of the Earth" line by niche perfumery Ormonde Jayne , is advertised as "...

The generosity of Ocre Doré is immediately perceptible: the fragrance blends a bright, vibrating and dry introduction alongside spicy cinna...

One of the delights of being a historian and a perfume writer is coming across excerpts which combine these two subjects. The Histories by H...

Much like the brownie points of "casual chic" of the original Eau des Merveilles  (2004) by perfumers Ralf Schwieger and Nathalie ...

Sensual, warm, elegant, Habit Rouge was conceived by master perfumer Jean Paul Guerlain in 1965 when faced with a surprising and novel prob...

Reflecting upon the musk fragrance samples I have received (a couple still missing in action) for the Mystery of Musk project, I am reminded...

Musk Eau Natural by DSH is a wordplay on the Americanized phrase "au natural" (from the French au naturel ) and "eau", d...

O Marvel! a garden amidst the flames. My heart has become capable of every form: it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian mo...

Smelling the newest Divine creation on my wrists, the unisex Murano-like in its translucence Eau Divine, puts me in the mood for the upcomi...

Rendering a leather note in perfumery is a challenge for the perfumer who must coax this difficult and cult note into submission to make it ...

"I had removed my mask, and was drinking some coffee under the ‘procuraties’ of St. Mark’s Square, when a fine-looking female mask stru...

It is well known to our readers by now that chypre perfumes are dependent on a strict formula that juxtaposes bergamot and oakmoss, interl...