(PSA: the swapmeet is open through Tuesday ? there are still lots of goodies up for swap, plus some unclaimed freebies!) It\'s Friday, and it\'s (sup ...
The fragrance world has lost an important contributor: creative director and educator Alessandro Brun of Masque Milano and Milano Fragranze. Alessan ...
Eternity Night for Men by Calvin KleinMen Edt TesterCalvin Klein launched Eternity Night for Men in August 2014. The new fragrances are flankers to 1 ...
An interesting idea was proposed to Natalie Feistauer by the young French brand J\'Elle Bulan Parfums: to create a fragrance that would tell others a ...
This year, my selection of the best fragrances from Esxence is largely intended for men. If in mid-March, right after the exhibition, I was telling ...
Snif\'s Dead Dinosaur, composed by perfumer Ugo Charron, is a magnificent contemporary take on the aggressive, brittle, hazelnutty biker leather of ...
I\'m sure there were many wonderful fragrance releases beyond my selection at Esxence 2024, but perfumery is subjective by nature: we all choose sc ...
This week a genuine beauty is ready to give, but random events and strangers are trying to alter that amazing flow and spring of abundance (Pl ...
In 2020, Ali Raza founded niche perfume brand Mahdi Perfumes (named for his firstborn son) in Karachi, Pakistan. A lifelong lover of beautiful scen ...
Earlier this year, I dove into Rosarine, a fragrance that some of my lovely colleagues picked as the best perfume of 2023, and even I was excited abo ...
The French collection by Birkholz Perfume Manufacture at ESXENCE 2024. When discovering new niche brands, it is reasonable to expect something bey ...
Roland Barthes, a French essayist and philosopher, wrote a short essay in 1975 titled "Leaving the Movie Theater" ("En sortant du ci ...
I find Aquila Absolute to be a strange fragrance bordering on uneasy and nefarious in its slimy cloy of flowery fruit greased onto charred leather. I ...
Saturday is National Sense of Smell Day. We\'re celebrating all weekend long by smelling things and talking about them. (And, maybe, by trading thing ...
French ready-to-wear line Zadig & Voltaire has launched This is Her! Unchained, a new limited edition flanker to 2016\'s This is Her!... ...
Diptyque has just inaugurated a new space at 7 rue Duphot, in the heart of Paris. Halfway between a boutique and a cultural space, the "Maison D ...
This year, 25 years have passed since the launch of the Aqua Allegoria Guerlain collection. I remember reading how the collection was dedicated to th ...
For many scholars in the realm of perfumery, who dedicate not only their time but also their entire lives to research, testing, and experimentation ...
For its second collection, the Italian luxury perfume line D\'OTTO ventures into a new artistic realm?Literature?after an inaugural series dedic ...
The perfumes I have chosen are united by invigorating newness, good mood, friendliness and natural beauty. They highlight the promising upcoming ni ...
This little space which scented box encloses Is blue with lupins and is sweet with thyme My garden all is overblown with roses, My spirit all is over ...
According to the Miller et Bertaux, like an Egyptian fragrance will take you back to ancient Egypt. Indeed, it transported me back i time, but just ...
Bvlgari has launched Chill & Sole, a new fragrance in the Allegra collection. Also new is another "magnifying essence" for layering, Ne ...
Next month, Montblanc will launch Montblanc Collection, with four new fragrances: Black Meisterstuck, Extreme Leather, Patchouli Ink and Vetiver Glac ...
Esther-Rose McGregor for Celine Zouzou. ...
On launch, Helio had loads going for it to signal ground-breaking perfumery: unusual material lists (green pepper, nootka tree, cucumber?) coupled ...
PURA Eau de Parfum is a refined, graceful, and harmonious fragrance that captures the essence of the Furla woman. Inspired by iconic Furla purse de ...
Zouzou is the new opus in the Celine Haute Parfumerie collection initiated in 2019. It comes to join the eleven perfumes conceived by Hedi Slimane. A ...
Yesterday at the presentation of the new collection by Scentologia, Wasem Al Ghazi, founder of French company Arcadie De Niche, which includes the br ...
We must admit that the fragrances of the venerable historical brand Detaille are rare guests on Fragrantica. Founded in 1905, the Parisian perfume an ...
It might surprise those who know me as a collector of vintage perfumes: I am delighted and tenderly touched by the spray paint canisters that Step A ...
White flowers such as jasmine, tuberose, and orange blossom are once again blooming on the shelves of major perfume retailers, a development that\'s ...
The year was 1994, and Calvin Klein launched CK One, a scent marketed as unisex. At the time, it was unheard of, although the history of unisex frag ...
