PERFUME FOR a DIGITAL AGE
Fragrance-loving techies unite. Ten-year old perfume house, Bond No. 9, is embracing the digital age with a new spritz named HTTP set to debut June…
what is vet·i·ver (noun), vet·ə·vər (also vet·i·vert/-vərt)
By Danielle DesRosiers Vetiver: From Coco Chanel and Geoffrey Beene to Jo Malone and Tom Ford, leading trendsetters of the 20th and early 21st century…
Big style in small, chic packages
By Deborah Fulsang Many fragrance collectors, us included, love Christmas at least in part because it’s the season of stocking-stuffer-sized perfume bottles. Tiny Chanel No.5s.…
Channel spring with sunshine scents
By Ashley Kowalewski We’re in that in-between-season weather wise, oscillating between a winter coat one day, sandals and bare legs the next. It’s a killer…
Black licorice
By Deborah Fulsang Black licorice has a polarizing effect: Love it or hate it. The same can perhaps be true of fragrances sporting the dark…
Giveaway: Prada Luna Rossa
Here’s what you’re competing for: Prada Luna Rossa. The newest men’s scent from Prada, Luna Rossa is a refreshing masculine eau de toilette inspired by…
25 years later, hot for Fahrenheit
By Deborah Fulsang I love men’s fragrances. And, as you know, I am endlessly fascinated with perfume history—hello, The Whale & The Rose! As part…
Perfume, passion and poetic prose
By Deborah Fulsang Every young woman should know someone like writer, academic and perfume aficionado Denyse Beaulieu. If they’re lucky enough, she will teach them…
What is Ca·lone (noun)?
By Danielle DesRosiers Calone does not originate from a fresh flower, nor even the resin of a tropical tree. It doesn’t even come from freshly…
Of Pleats, Perfume and pushing the creative envelope
By Deborah Fulsang Issey Miyake elevated the simple sartorial pleat to extraordinary heights in the late 1980s. His innovation, technically and artistically, inspired the now-famous…
What is op·op·on·ax, (noun) /əˈpɑpəˌnæks/?
Opoponax: What is it? It sounds a lot like a character you would find in a children’s book, but in the fragrance world, it’s more…