Papilio , the latest Puredistance fragrance, almost coaxes a butterfly to sit upon your shoulder: Its realistic depiction of a magnolia tre...

One often sees young girls looking for a perfume for everyday -clean, that will be well liked by their entourage, that will make them feel f...

 The beauty of the gigantic blossoms of magnolia is their happy citrusy freshness: I always find myself surprised that the sheer awe the blo...

In old novels, in the time of Balzac and thereabouts ( as I have written in detail before ), or even prior to that time, there is the well-k...

Magnolia is shaping up to be a major, recurrent theme in niche releases lately and one of the first officially "niche" brands, the...

Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other. ~Euclid photo by AlberCAN (copyright 2012) for use on PerfumeShrine ...

Helena Rubinstein proposed that Wanted "unveils the ineffable and mysterious link that binds a woman to her love, a woman to her desir...

After Eau d'Italie and their watercolour rendering of the magnolia flower, Magnolia Romana , a formula that takes magnolias into a goua...

"Frederic Malle is the epitome of French elegance in a beige double-breasted gaberdine suit, crisp white shirt, polished brown shoes an...

Everyone is coming out with a "collection of scents", so why not Kenzo? The new Kenzo Les Eaux De Fleurs Collection includes thre...

When the old becomes new again we may be witnessing Gaudí's "Sagrada Familia" or "Le Tombeau de Couperin" by Ravel...