The interpretation of tuberose floralcy in Gucci Bloom Gocce di Fiori is beautifully lighter, cooler and altogether more stereotypically &qu...

One could be excused for getting all dreamy eyed and nostalgic à la Nuovo Cinema Paradiso upon watching the latest commercial by Dolce &...

With the Fame fragrance we witness a grossly missed chance and a Shannon entropy in one: whereas we could have had a Maleficent or at the v...

Carnal Flower by Frédérick Malle alludes to the perception of tuberoses as flowers of "spiritual ruin"; at one point in time they...

Forget everything you might associate with vamps, vampires or New York City; Vamp à N Y by all naturals line Honoré des Prés is the perfect...

The original Gardénia , issued by Chanel in 1925 and composed by legendary perfumer Ernest Beaux who created all the early opi/opera of Cha...

It's not too often that I do "custom" reviews, and before you get any nasty thoughts (we're an independent blog here!), I ...

In Giambattista Basile's charming tale The Murtle from Il Cunto de li Cunti (The Tale of Tales, 1694), a sprig of myrtle is transforme...

Kia ora tātou!, which means "greetings" in New Caledonian, should be the line that introduces the first fragrance of 2009. As repo...

There are perfumes that know what they are doing and there are perfumes on an identity crisis. The latest Chloé belongs to the latter catego...

Coming across the new Tuberose Gardenia by Estée Lauder was not an accident. It was thanks to a very thoughtful person who was able to obta...

It is rather a sad feeling when one has completed a certain "portfolio" of work only to stumble upon something that could have bee...