Hermès launched another vegetal, light, and airy fragrance in its Cologne collection in July 2022. Eau de Basilic Pourpre represents a su...

  Blue Silk , part of a flanker duet launched in 2018 by lingerie brand Agent Provocateur (the other being Lace Noir) is credited to Beverly...

  Babylon  is a quite a "new and now" launch  by Penhaligon's, a Harrods' exclusive till January 2021, but I was lucky ...

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...

For the latest release of the Les Absolus d'Orient collection, Cuir Intense , in-house perfumer Thierry Wasser creates a bewitching fr...

Ginger is older than we think of but its prevalence amongst the Eastern tradition is what makes westerners regard it as "new". Th...

The upcoming launch by the historic house of Guerlain is called Santal Royal and comes in a bottle in the style of their "Eau de lit&qu...

The sea accord is sweet. The smell coming from the bed of the ocean and the misty fog in Brittany is not. To evoke therefore the changing s...

Would you believe me if I said that one incredibly sexy, shockingly intimate nuance in fragrance comes from a humble kitchen spice? Cumin is...

Just utter Juniper Sling and find yourself playfully laughing at its jovial, throwback style recalling 1920s London's Bright Young Thin...

Hermès has gained the sense of olfactive consistency that Guerlain once had back in the day thanks to its head perfumer, Jean Claude Ellena ...

Leafing through mythology books while researching on Nausinous, the son of Ulysses and Calypso the couple appearing in Homer's Odyssey ,...

If like me you find yourself sighing with contentment at the first crisp days of autumn seeing the leaves turn into fiery rusty shades as if...

“She is the embodiment of grace. She flows like water, she glows like fire and has the earthiness of a mortal goddess. She has flowers in h...

It's always wise when exploring a certain material to come to the source. In the case of vetiver, the natural essences themselves. And w...

Was this my life, or did I dream it? That seemingly rhetorical question might drive one crazy given sufficient circumstances. After all, isn...