World Whisky Day-Inspired Scents
By Alexandra Donaldson Hot-topic cocktail bars and bartenders have been celebrating amber spirits over the past couple of years. No wonder then that fragrances inspired…
Trends
What’s the latest coming around the fragrance bend? Chocolate-noted perfumes? Scents with mandarin or pear? How about oud or gardenia blooms? We explore the “what” and discuss the “why” behind the just-arrived and soon-to-land launches in the world of perfume.
Top 10 fragrances For Mother’s Day Gifts
By Deborah Fulsang There's a reason why fragrance is a go-to gift for the woman in your life—it's deeply personal, luxurious and something many don't…
Hair Perfume: The latest from Chanel, Fekkai and Byredo
By Alexandra Donaldson My hair has always been a sponge for scent. In high school this meant that no matter where I was, the lingering…
Gorgeous and green fragrances
By Deborah Fulsang Close your eyes and think of a field of clover—whether four-leafed or not—and transport yourself to a pastoral place of calm. Or…
Valentine’s Day fragrances: Red notes for every taste
By Alexandra Donaldson The colour red is never far from our daydreams of romance, and so it’s no surprise that approaching Valentine’s Day we’ve got…
Pass the salt. Saline is the latest in perfume tastes
Salty perfumes are sexy and intimate, and a move away from sugary gourmands. Every so often a perfumer will introduce a note in an elixir…
Winter whites, floral perfumes with warmth
By Deborah Fulsang Winter white. There’s something definitely elegant and appealing about the minimalism of it all. Maybe it’s the unclutteredness of it—in January we…
Sweet Scents For The Holiday Season
By Marilisa Racco 'Tis the season to indulge in sugary delights from sugar plums and candy canes to shortbread and sticky toffee pudding. We're all…
Patchouli Sheds Its Hippie Heritage
By Marilisa Racco Long the domain of those dirty hippies* — Nixon’s words, not mine* — patchouli has been saddled with an unsavoury image of…
Flower power perfume
Peonies, roses, lilacs: The flower lover in us can’t get enough of our garden these days – or these stellar spritzes that celebrate iconic petals…
Fragrances in the night garden
By Deborah Fulsang We love a good surprise. You can understand then why we perked up in spotting something twisted and strange in the fragrance…