Maison Margiela, “untitled”, 2010
Paris fashion week begins tomorrow and though there are many iconic French fashion houses to reminisce about, we can't help but pick something a little…
Oscars 2015 Best Dressed and Scents to Match
By Deborah Fulsang and Alexandra Donaldson The style statements made on the red carpet of the Oscars are endlessly analyzed on all corners of the…
Perfume for The Oscars
By Alexandra Donaldson This year's Oscars offer no shortage of olfactory inspiration. Although actresses likely won't be asked what fragrance they're wearing on the red carpet—too bad!—we…
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…
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…
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…
Valentino Uomo fragrance review
By Deborah Fulsang First impression: How gorgeous is this bottle? The faceted glass flacon is like a jewel in itself; a collectible for the fragrance…
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…
Perfumes to wear with cozy winter fashion
By Adriana Ermter Probably the most famous passage in Marcel Proust’s novel, Swann’s Way, is when the narrator eats a madeleine—a small, sweet, fashionably French…
Perfume storage—tiered dishes declutter, add glam
By Deborah Fulsang Having an excess of perfume bottles is a professional hazard. They overflow on my dresser top, my night table, my desk at…