In recent years we have seen an endless recycling of design, ideas, DIY tricks and products that reference the past, in a spin of retromania...

photo copyright Elena Vosnaki I cannot shake the impression that the task of scaling down, of attenuating the formula of Vetiver Orienta...

The beast cradles the jasmine vine in the garden and its salty-dirty stench of its hide, as well as the warmth of its fur, only serve to...

Back when I bought almost each and every one Serge Lutens fragrance launch. I also have a few bell jars (subsequent post about those) and 2...

The month of July started with a heatwave after a mellow June that drowned us in downpour and median temperatures. So action is required in ...

Oddly enough, though I love both orientals and Serge Lutens fragrances on the whole, both of which I own a rather significant collection, I ...

Arabie is a virtual stroll amidst the exotic Al Halili bazaar at noon, rows and rows of succulent dried fruits and colorful, piquant, pungen...

What would happen if you took the traditional Eau de Cologne formula (based on citrus essences) and gave it an orientalized spin? Fleurs de ...

Fumerie Turque (Turkish smoking salon) is one of the most majestic scents amidst the Serge Lutens impressive line-up of orientalise composit...

Frankincense is met at the church as the censer spreads the fragrant smoke in the congregation. Myrrh is met at asketaria; monastic places o...

Dedicated to the night and voluptuous, feminine women everywhere, A la Nuit by Serge Lutens is probably the most life-like rendition of nigh...

The maestro of Palais Royal forays into the the realm of style with his introductory 2 silk scarves (foulards) which have just been launched...

The divide between darkness and light, between sanctity and profanity, between spirituality and carnality, and the overtones of a Catholic u...

One of the loveliest designs on perfume bottles sneaked itself into my inbox. The Christmas edition of one of my most worn in 2014 fragrance...

Serge Lutens films a lonesome trip to the desert with a voiceover for his Paris Palais Royal release of L'Incendiaire fragrance. Th...

Much like the mysterious (and incestuous) half-sister in Leos Carax's   radical adaptation of   Melville' s Pierre: or, the Ambigu...

" I use the word section [d'or =golden section] to describe a breakaway, a separation. This departure from a black world brings for...

Feast your eyes upon one of the (less than) 30 limited edition engraved bottles of Serge Lutens's Louve perfume bottle. The familiar ...

Back to the origins of perfume: MARRAKECH "Up until the late 1960s, I had no interest in perfume whatsoever. It was during a trip to...

One of my preferred short stories in the canon by American author Edgar Allan Poe is William Wilson . Less popular than many of his more ...