Back when I was a teenager I developed a strong belief that "real" perfume was supposed to harken to its oriental roots and smell ...

Amidst perfumes with dominant myrrh Myrrhe Ardente makes for sharp contrast. Indeed Myrrhe Ardente (perfervid myrrh) by Annick Goutal had a ...

When it comes to Keiko Mecheri's Myrrhe et Merveilles the thrill of the unexpected in meeting myrrh in a modern formula is fractured in...

Frankincense is met at the church as the censer spreads the fragrant smoke in the congregation. Myrrh is met at asketaria; monastic places o...

Not unfittingly I had waited till I had written my articles on myrrh resin before writing my full perfume review of the latest Annick Gouta...

Sacred among essences the resin of the Commiphora myrrha tree grows in the solitary desert weeping its fragrant tears for that which could ...

Much like the mysterious (and incestuous) half-sister in Leos Carax's   radical adaptation of   Melville' s Pierre: or, the Ambigu...

There are generally speaking three directions on amber , that perfumery trope which although reminiscent of alembicated elixirs derives in ...

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...

Roma by Laura Biagiotti belongs to that outré category of scents that lend themselves well to brumous days and which were apparently markin...

Incense has long been not only one of the badges of niche perfumery, but also one of my own personal hot buttons, so it sounds both logical ...

"It was the month of March last year when I stopped by in Arabia on my way back from Oman and went to Mecca. Silk produces strange opti...

Etat Libre d'Orange have stunned us with Jasmin et Cigarette and Like This . They have surprised us pleasantly with Fils de Dieu du Riz...

Songe d' un Bois d'Été is perfumer Thierry Wasser's offer to the chthonian deities, a prophylactic philter for safekeeping from ...

Much like Sophia Loren's is a spicy, fiery beauty that defies mere prettiness in favor of exquisite lines, panoramic vistas and hypnotic...

One of the most elusive terms in fragrance terminology appears to be -according to readers' comments- "resinous" and "bal...

The masstige in mainstream fragrances by famous designers these days is such that expectations have hit an all-time rock bottom: Rarely does...