Sex and scent, from phallic bottles to Lolita-esque ads
By Alexandra Donaldson Sex sells. It comes as no surprise that fragrance employs the same subliminal (and sometimes not so subliminal) tactics that we’ve come…
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Natalie Portman, natural ingredients and Lacoste happy
By Alexandra Donaldson This week we couldn’t help but daydream about water and fresh air, the summer sun and a salty beach. Whether it was…
Wishing you a merry, marvellously scented holiday
May your holidays be filled with the sweetest scents on earth. May you be treated with gifts of perfume from those who love you, admire you…
J.Crew teams with Arquiste to launch first perfumes
By Marilisa Racco You know that feeling you get when you open a J.Crew catalogue? Like you want to jump into the pages, envelop yourself…
Remembering Oscar de la Renta and his fragrance world
By Adriana Ermter In the 1980s, like every other girl, I prescribed to perfume’s golden rule: I spritzed with a very heavy hand. But contrary…
The fragrance of pumpkin in the fall
By Deborah Fulsang 30 DAYS OF FALL FRAGRANCE: PUMPKIN Autumn brings with it the harvest, Halloween and Thanksgiving. And with that, pumpkin. We crave it…
Eau’d to New York Fashion Week
By Adriana Ermter In honour of this month’s staging of New York Fashion Week, we turn our attention to a trio of new Manhattan-inspired and…
Hermès and the soul-soothing bath
By Deborah Fulsang If you’re like many of us, September brings a return to a rigorous up-at-6am schedule that wipes us out after the first…
Tiny, perfect Coco Noir Chanel perfume
By Deborah Fulsang Gabrielle Chanel was born on August 19, in the sign of Leo. That grand lion is also the symbol of the city…
ck one, past to present, going strong
By Deborah Fulsang The breezy, aquatic-with-a-kick-of-green-and-musk personality of Calvin Klein's trendsetting ck one fragrance perfumed the air of beauty counters for the first time back in…
$28,000,000,000 global fragrance industry – perfume by the numbers
By Sarah Feldman The next time you reach for your favourite perfume, consider this: The global fragrance industry is valued at a cool $28 billion.…