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

 Glamour fragrances go hand in hand with the celebrities who endorsed them. No myth is stronger than the tie of Marylin Monroe with Chanel N...

Kobako means "small box" in Japanese, as far as I know. But try adding a katana-blade symbol over the first "o," and it...

People sometimes say things are not what they used to be, and in the case of fragrances, they're unequivocally right. Despite a certain ...

  Portrait of a Lady in the line Editions des Parfums Frederic Malle is named after the homonymous novel by Henry James from 1881; a roman...

Elixir de Merveilles came out ages ago and we have all -I hope- tried it out in the shop. But are we still grasping its genius? It's th...

Bottega Veneta Eau de Velours from 2017, with a seductive name that evokes caresses with the softest materials, is a lasting, worthwhile sp...

This discontinued gem is shining in a deep purple bottle of sumptuous line that would match a wonderful smoky eye that looks so at ease on a...

"Intensely sensual and feminine, Gucci Bloom Nettare di Fiori celebrates the intimate and authentic character of a woman. Rose and Osm...

It's hard to bypass Angel by Thierry Mugler in the greater scheme of perfumery's historical progress , as it is truly seminal, a fo...

One is prepped for interesting things, since Roland Mouret was intent on commissioning a perfume collaboration to the maverick French firm o...

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

Few fragrances boast their very definition in their name, unless they're programmatic, but so few celebrity scents are anyway. Lovely i...

Tucked among the crags of western Portofino Promontory is the town of Camogli, which the novelist Charles Dickens once declared "the sa...

ISIPCA perfumer teacher Isabelle Doyen and art director for the Goutal brand Camille Goutal have proven their flair for the concept of an &q...

Many perfume aficionados have noticed the ubiquitness of patchouli oil in modern fragrances ; either in the form of the "fruitchouli&q...

Has Miuccia Prada exhausted the fragrance concepts for her own brand and has expanded into its sister brand, Miu Miu? More like the youthful...

The newest fragrance by French niche brand Diptyque is called Oud Palao and is -you guessed it- inspired by the mega-trend that is oud. It a...

It's easy to get immersed in the White Bear Problem while reading Clinique's laconic message for their newer fragrance Aromatics in ...

All the colors of a bruise: black and blue, teal green edging out in purple, fading to rosy, ending in ochre yellow like ancient parchment. ...