After the Big Bruisers of the 80s , so ingrained into the decade of decadence and carnality, leather scents took a back seat until the moder...

Perfume directions often go the way of fashion trends and lifestyle choices, which sometimes translates as going the way of the dodo, and th...

As far as leather scents are concerned, the image prevailing in the first half of the 20th century was either one of emancipation and amazo...

After the ravages of WWII, which brought real emancipation to women through their en masse contribution to the workforce and the uniformity ...

by guest writer Denyse Beaulieu Tabac Blond was the opening salve of the garçonnes’ raid on gentlemen’s dressing tables. Its name evokes the...

by guest writer Denyse Beaulieu “She is a strong woman. Excuse – strength is not the word I am after. Women, pretty women at least, are nev...

By guest writer Denyse Beaulieu “The glove (…) had retained a strong odour, this distinctive musky odour which the girl’s favourite perfume,...

Among leather fragrances in the past there were two major schools of thought. Both sealed their era with their characteristic flair: the R...

by guest writer Denyse Beaulieu For centuries, leather and scent have gone hand in hand; and for centuries, that hand was sheathed in ...

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 ...

It wouldn’t be inaccurate to claim that French perfumery owes its birth to the malodorous tanning process and its nauseating smell of dec...

The aroma of leather in scent is akin to smelling a forest of silver birches in the cold ringing air for the first time, inhaling the inside...