Scent by subscription? We signed up with Scentbird
New York based perfume-subscription service Scentbird heads to Canada, and we give it an online test drive. Scentbird, the perfume subscription company that started in 2014,…
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Matthew Biehl, fashion editor at Sharp Magazine, chats fragrance
Food and nature inspire the fragrance shopping habits of fashion editor Matthew Sharp. What is your favourite scent memory of childhood? My mum is a…
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop to launch first fragrance
It's about time. Goop, the brainchild of Gwyneth Paltrow, is launching a new perfume—and it's made sans artificial ingredients of course. It's sort of shocking…
Tom Ford Vert de Bois: Wonderfully lush and green
Green goes glam in the new Tom Ford perfume collection. Anytime Tom Ford announces a new fragrance launch, it's exciting. But a new private-blend debut of four…
Anne T. Donahue on cold-weather smells and favourite perfumes
Forget one signature scent. Toronto-based writer Anne T. Donahue is a perfume polygamist. She spoke to us about scent memories, both seasonal and boy-crush-related, and the beauty of…
Liquid Gold: Oud perfume to pick up this fall
Earthy, woody and resinous, oud is a note that adds depth and darkness to fragrance, earning the moniker “liquid gold” for it’s luxurious impression. We've…
New perfume launches in October
Shorter days, longer nights—celebrate the darkness with new perfume this October. October is the month when fall turns dark. The nights get noticeably longer and…
#TWTRspritz: An earthy and fresh scent for fall
Diana Di Poce, the founder and creative director of DARE Magazine, shared her earthy and fresh #TWTRspritz for fall with us. There’s nothing like spritzing a…
Untitled: What’s in a perfume name?
Now trending: Perfumes with no names. And fragrances you can name yourself. Maison Martin Margiela released a perfume named (untitled) in 2010. Despite being moniker-less, it made quite…
Perfume Video: Prada La Femme and L’Homme
The new Prada La Femme and Prada L'Homme fragrance video stresses that perfume has no gender. It should appeal to "...what you want to be." When…
Perfume review: Aerin Tangier Vanille
Aerin Lauder latest fragrance has a sophisticated, sultry Boho vibe. I have yet to meet a person who doesn't like the smell of vanilla. It may…