Jeremy Laing
QUESTION: What is the first fragrance you ever wore and can you share how you came about wearing it? LAING: I did a science fair project…
BEN GORHAM OF BYREDO PARFUMS
Ben Gorham founded his Stockholm-based Byredo fragrance company in 2006. Working with renowned perfumers Olivia Giacobetti and Jerome Epinette, he has developed one of the…
Faces of Chanel, past and present
Chanel No.5, the legendary Parisian fragrance created by Gabrielle Coco Chanel and her perfumer Ernest Beaux more than 90 years ago, continues to reign when…
FLORAL FOCUS ON GIVENCHY DAHLIA NOIR
The original Black Dahlia murder mystery involved a vamp and seduction. Parfum Givenchy’s Black Dahlia eau de toilette tempts with top notes of grapefruit and…
Victoria’s Secret art of seduction
Victoria’s Secret is in the business of seduction: The lingerie, the Angels, the gilded limbs, the cleavage, the larger-than-life wings on the runway. But what…
Mary-Kate and Ashley, Olsen scent for Spring 2013
Super-brand Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are set to enter the fragrance biz. Industry journal Women’s Wear Daily recently announced that the fashion-and-beauty-empire-making duo has teamed…
The dark beauty of Balenciaga’s Florabotanica
Nicolas Ghesquière, creative director of Balenciaga, couldn’t have planned it better. Not that he initiated Kristen Stewart’s dalliance with married Snow White and The Huntsman…
Being thankful for a fragrant world
On this day of Canadian Thanksgiving, we contemplate this perfumed world and all that we have to be thankful for. A simple list turns into…
WOODY SPOTLIGHT ON CHANEL COCO NOIR
A Venetian escapade, Baroque prints and Gabrielle Chanel’s grand love affair can all be experienced in this iconic brand’s new woody-oriental fragrance, Coco Noir. The…
UNDER-$50 FRIDAY: LUSH SOLID PERFUMES
Dating all the way back to ancient Egypt, it’s due time that solid perfumes made a comeback, if only because of their modern-minded portability. LUSH,…
THE 7 VIRTUES: PERFUME FOR PEACE
Barb Stegemann is a woman on a mission to change the world, one perfume bottle at a time. The Halifax native was working in her…