With Ex Nihilo Lust in Paradise, perfumer Louise Turner captured the effortless glamour of the French Riviera: sun-wa…
Tag: Perfume
Initio Parfums Privés Sugar Blast and Wild Rush Feels Like Pure Dopamine on Skin
Some fragrances simply smell good while others completely shift your mood. With Sugar Blast and Wild Rush, Initio Par…
FUGAZZI Pomegranoudh Extrait de Parfum
Pomegranoudh Extrait de Parfum is one of the most intoxicating scents in the Fugazzi collection. It captures the mood…
Tiziana Terenzi Kirkè Overdose Perfume: The Art of Controlled Seduction
There are perfumes you wear to be liked. And then there are perfumes that shift the energy in a room before you even …
Skins Layer+ Ambery – Your scent, but elevated
Perfume is personal, but Layer+ makes it yours alone. Developed with Skins and dsm-firmenich, this is a layering conc…
Maison Crivelli Musc Nurasana Extrait de Parfum
There are perfumes that smell good. And then there are perfumes that do something to you. Maison Crivelli’s Musc Nurā…
Juliette has a Gun Banana Rush Eau de Parfum
There was a time when banana in fragrance felt… unserious. A novelty note. A throwback to body mists and teenage nost…
Chambre 52 – Tobacco Memories Extrait: A Night That Lingers
I first encountered the world behind this fragrance at De L’Europe Amsterdam, where I met founder Nicolas DeWitte, It…
Essential Parfums Paris x Skins – Osmanthus Absolu: When Tea Turns Irresistibly Addictive
Skins x Essential Parfums reimagines the classic tea accord into something sharper, more sensual, and undeniably mode…
Narciso Rodriguez Turns Clean into a Statement with Pure Musc Blanc
Clean is having a moment, but it’s not the kind that disappears. With for her Pure Musc Blanc eau de parfum int…
Obvious Parfums Floridita’s Night
Floridita’s Night, the fourth fragrance in the High Standards collection by Obvious Parfums drops you straight into …
Scandal, But Make It Elixir. Jean Paul Gaultier Turns Up the Volume on Seduction
If there’s one fragrance family that never believed in behaving, it’s Scandal. Jean Paul Gaultier’s provocateur of a …
Molton Brown Tea Ceremony
We often talk about fragrance as something we wear. But the most interesting scents are the ones we enter. With Tea C…
Penhaligon’s Halfeti Leather versus Halfeti Eau De Parfum
Those who know me personally know Halfeti by Penhaligon’s is a perfume I can’t live without. You can read about…
Archaeology, But Make It Perfume. Discover Ānti
Most perfumes are in a rush. Newness, impact, attention. ānti is different. When I first smelled ānti during the Skin…
Soie Malaquais — Limited Edition by Dries van Noten X Bouke de Vries
I’ve loved Soie Malaquais since its first release, a perfume that translates the tactile luxury of Dries Van Noten’s …
Safran Secret by Maison Crivelli
The scent that keeps its secrets, and smells better because of it. “Perfume is more beautiful with a touch of mystery…
Maison Francis Kurkdjian: Kurky and the voice behind the fragrance
When I sat down with Marc Chaya, Co-Founder and President of Maison Francis Kurkdjian, the conversation quickly revea…


















