Olfactive Studio – Autoportrait
Olfactive Studio is the brainchild of French perfume designer, Celine Verleure. I always enjoy tracking the success of an individual whether it is a famous actor, artist or business owner. You will...
View ArticlePuredistance – M
It must be increasingly hard for perfume brands to make their products stand out in a rapidly expanding market. Even niche perfumery is now subject to a high and frequent number of new product...
View ArticleRobert Piguet – Bandit
Guerlain’s Mitsouko (1919) was the first perfume that opened my mind to the possibility of wearing perfume designed for woman. I was cautious to begin with. Can a man really wear a scent designed with...
View ArticlePenhaligon’s – Vaara
India once again lends itself to inspire a modern day perfume story. In this case the story is told by Penhaligon’s, one of England’s oldest and most respected perfume houses. What began as a private...
View ArticleGrandiflora Fragrances – Magnolia Grandiflora Michel
* for the next three days, I’ll be publishing posts about the recently launched perfumes by renowned Australian florist and author, Saskia Havekes. Her brand, Grandiflora, is based in Sydney and a...
View ArticleGrandiflora Fragrances – Magnolia Grandiflora Sandrine
* over three days, I am publishing posts about the recently launched perfumes by renowned Australian florist and author, Saskia Havekes. Her brand, Grandiflora, is based in Sydney and a couple of...
View ArticleMona di Orio – Tubereuse
During the past three years that I have been writing about the perfumes I have collected, one of things I enjoy about the process of writing a review is the search for perfume notes that go...
View ArticlePenhaligon’s – Iris Prima
Iris Prima is the scent of the ballet as imagined by Penhaligon’s. The British perfume house worked with Master Perfumer and last year’s recipient of The Fragrance Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement...
View ArticleOriza L. Legrand – Foin Fraîchement Coupé
Guerlain’s Jicky is always eulogised as a symbol of change in perfumery. When Jicky was launched in 1889, it was heralded as one of the first perfumes to use synthetic raw materials and historians...
View ArticleMalbrum Parfums – Tigre du Bengale
Last week I published an interview with B. Kristian Malbrum, the Norwegian founder of a new line of niche perfumes called Malbrum Parfums. Of the three extrait de parfums I discussed with Kristian,...
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