Cinnabar by Estée Lauder needs no introduction, really. It's well known at least by name to most perfume collectors. Its magical name...

I am not entirely convinced that AFFINISSENCE's plan of marketing (and that of creation?) succeeds in creating seamless canvases of hues...

So many of the fragrances inspired by lands steeped in spices and resins are redolent of the souk, of man made territories that ultimately t...

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. ...

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...

"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...

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