The problem with the term "charnelle" (carnal in French) for Anglo-speaking audiences persists after the online mocking of Guerlai...

If the popular ice princess Elsa from Disney's Frozen had a scent, Ginepro di Sardegna by Acqua di Parma would be it; the spontaneous...

Certain perfumes give an illusory first impression like people who come into a party seemingly underdressed only to impress you with their s...

Far from the crowd pleasing orientalism of Benjoin 19 (Le Labo's Moscow "city exclusive") which I had reviewed for Fragranti...

If like me you have been searching for a Catherine Earnshaw kind of fragrance all your life, then the options haven't always been that p...

“A flower grown under the ruins, cut off from the world, it appears before your eyes; to all of us to open our eyes. I took courage in both ...

"A gentleman is simply a patient wolf." ~Lana Turner William Thackeray, who knew a thing or two about snobs, wrote in Vanity Fa...

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...

Poivre by Caron plays out like J.S Bach's double concerto for 2 violins in D minor, 1st movement: Two complimenting themes, carnation an...

"Sometimes he frets his instrument with the back of a kitchen knife or even a metal lipstick holder, giving it the clangy virility of t...

I distinctly recall watching Cio-Cio San ritualistically commit suicide with her father's knife at the end scene of Madama Butterfly an...

In the secrecy-laced world of perfumery it's not unusual to have the same idea colonise several brands. Sometimes it happens through the...

Revisiting a spicy oriental amidst the heat and turpor of the big metropolis when it's 38C outside is not exactly conductive to proper t...

The 16th century dock workers required by law to wear a no-pockets-and-no-cuffs uniform are but a small testament to the power of pepper: th...

“She is the embodiment of grace. She flows like water, she glows like fire and has the earthiness of a mortal goddess. She has flowers in h...