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

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

Britney had told us quite a while ago, in her lyrics, "I used to think I had the answers to everything, but now I know that life doesn...

The newest fragrance to take the Les Parfums de Rosine brand by storm is Ballerina No 5 , which is as gorgeous a specimen in the rich tapes...

Once upon a time, concubines in the Far East were fed animal musk , so that their bodies would sweat in sweet fragrance . Nowadays they fe...

Although most powders are scented with rose and iris to give a feminine impression that would tie with the intended audience (women who groo...

 It seems unbelievable that Love Chloe has been in the market for 6 years already. Then again, after spawning a handful of flankers and some...

Few toiletry indulgences feel more decadently feminine than owning a fine goose down puff for applying face or body powder. Few rituals feel...

Many state that Snob by Le Galion is a poor man's Joy , referencing "the costliest perfume in the world" ~as the Patou perfum...

Uncanningly similar to the dressmaker's dummy bottle of Shocking by Schiaparelli (1935), a powerful and iconic animalic oriental of a l...

Her presence still lingered. Her petticoat had left unequivocal traces. Trails of intense scent that lit boundless fires. This is how...

Someone famous in the music scene, with whom we've been emailing, has mentioned Amouage Gold as the fragrance fit for an Oscars night. ...

If Charles Baudelaire or Oscar Wilde (pleading with Lord Alfred Douglas from within his jail) are references both in plain view in the new S...

“There is no lily oil or lily absolute,” says perfumer Mathilde Laurent, who wanted to introduce a floral scent in Cartier’s fragrance colle...

It's unusual in perfumery for the start of this century to encounter a modern composition which focuses on that loaded term which is dre...