Back when I was a teenager I developed a strong belief that "real" perfume was supposed to harken to its oriental roots and smell ...

Back in the old days, when Calvin Klein was a bona fide designer house and the fragrances weren't made by Coty, the churning of smells w...

Eau d'Épices is an interesting study in how to make a non-typical "oriental" or "woody" spice which would float rat...

Tabu by Dana has always had a reputation wickeder than its actual self ("for women who wear their knickers on their heads" [1]), ...

Coco by Chanel must be among a handful of fragrances on the market to have not only one, but two flankers without being a spectacular marke...

Although No.4 by Jil Sander comes nowhere near the novelty of Maxwell's laws of electrodynamics, it is despite its in the wings presenc...

Les Parfums de Rosine, Marie-Helene Rogeon's outfit borrowing only the name of the original Poiret line , do their utmost to stretch po...

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...

When the perfume gods are chastising your Hubris (in this case taking the original Opium and changing the hell out of its familiar, groundb...

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...

Torrid opulence...When perfumer Maurice Roucel was developing Musc Ravageur (2000) for Les Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, a young woma...

From the effulgent Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna as seen in the warm light of noon to the incadescent Scrovegni Chapel frescoes by Giotto in ...