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

photo by Elena Vosnaki  It was inescapable. The new goodies from Penhaligon's have trickled their way to my lap and I'm slowly savou...

Which scent is capable of bringing out your inner Cat People ? Have you ever wondered? This old specimen from the time when L'Artisan Pa...

Tucked among the crags of western Portofino Promontory is the town of Camogli, which the novelist Charles Dickens once declared "the sa...

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...

Finding a composition that manages to bypass the ennui of too many generic " ouds " on the market is a relief (for a small sample ...

What took Le Labo a couple of years to go from announcing Cuir 28 to actually launching it? It's as yet undivulged. Smelling the recen...

Perfumery was so developed during the Mogul era in india that the most powerful empress of the Mughal dynasty, Noor Jahan popularly known as...

Frédéric Malle has a few tricks up his elegant sleeve for catering to jaded perfume lovers still. In a new project involving collaborating w...

Mon Patchouly , part of the impressive new Ramón Monegal perfume collection from the former owner & perfumer of Spanish Myrurgia (since...

Usually the Twin Peaks series, an album comprised of smell-alike snapshots, springs from the demand for similar-smelling perfumes , either l...

The sexual ambiguity that surrounds Japon Noir , part of the exclusive & rather expensive Tom Ford Private Blend line, is reminiscent of...

“He wove through the crowd when suddenly his heart quickened. That scent. It was hers. He had worn it first until she stole it for herself....

L'Eau Ambrée, maestra Miuccia’s latest fragrance, talks with the whispers of a ghost; an ectoplasmic take on the dry woody, patchouli a...

Field Notes from Paris is the latest installment in the alphabetized line by San Francisco-based independent perfumer Ineke Rühland, a wood...

Cruel Intentions tagged "tempt me", along with Liaisons Dangereuses , is part of the Parisian orgies unisex duo, meant to denote ...