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

Chanel in-house perfumer Jacques Polge recounts a story surrounding the creation of No.19 and its appeal. In 1970, the 87-year-old Coco Chan...

With dismissive waves of the hand denoting "not another one" (there are at least 1840 of them and growing) and soured lips forming...

No other fragrance category is so shrouded in confusion and wrapped into such awe as chypres. From the pronunciation ( listen to this file )...

Soft Turkish delight, gleaming lollipops swirled with creamy caramel, bright red candied apples at the fun fair, the delicious creaminess of...

Oriental fragrances draw upon the lore and mystery of the first perfumes used by man, full of materials derived from plants and tree resins ...

Perfume Primers is a new feature on the Perfume Shrine site, intended for beginners who cannot find their way through the tangled cosmos of...