The Favourite is the latest fragrance by British brand Penhaligon's and the story behind it is inspiring. It involves as its protagonist...

"Wow, this smells like…I've never smells anything like this" or "This doesn't smell like Dolce & Gabban's Lig...

Impossible Iris is like those beautiful raven-haired girls with big, sincere eyes that seem to engulf you and creamy, gorgeous skin that sh...

I well recall seeing farmers collecting gum from the acacia tree for use as gum arabic substitute in Australia years ago, their agile hands ...

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

Once upon a time women wore corselets & real silk chemises underneath their tailored dresses to work, painted their lips deep pink or co...

For a lover of mimosa, spoiled on the honeyed powdery facets of Caron's Farnesiana or the cassie-rich musky-animalic meowing of Une Fleu...

Annick Goutal’s ‘Le Mimosa’ is the newest entry in the world of the esteemed brand's soliflores line, which included Le Jasmin, La Viole...

Reflecting upon Grasse and the Côte d'Azur I find myself in an embarrassment of riches: Is it the Notre-Dame-de-Puy cathedral with its p...

Discovering the secret charms of the Riviera, never more attractive than during the fall of the last cool days into rampant warm spring, is ...

There is a French expression "mettre en valeur" which roughly translates as to highlight, to draw attention to one's best feat...