It’s tea time, and we’re inspired
By Deborah Fulsang DavidsTea’s Forever Nuts was the one that first made my coffee-loving brain stop and take notice. Dark and warm and rich: A…
fragrance trends
Roberto Cavalli Nero Assoluto
Here’s what you’re competing for in today’s Fragrance Giveaway: Roberto Cavalli Nero Assoluto EDP Roberto Cavalli, the Italian designer known for his smouldering, animal-print looks,…
Victoria’s Secret Victoria fragrance: a test drive
By Deborah Fulsang First impression: Cotton candy, with a slight rubbing-alcohol sharpness which dissipates quickly to pink. So pink. So very, very pink. If I…
Power players
By Adriana Ermter Remember in the ’80s, when everyone wore a thick cloud of Giorgio Beverly Hills, Giorgio perfume and smelled exactly alike? And not…
French and away
By Deborah Fulsang “I was born with this garden in my head,” says perfumer Karine Dubreuil’s of her latest work for L’Occitane, a quartet of…
Vera Wang on sparkle and her new Be Jeweled scent
On the occasion of Mother's Day and the launch of her new fragrance, Be Jeweled, our DEBORAH FULSANG speaks to iconic American designer Vera Wang…
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…
Frédéric Malle’s new perfume ménages à trois
By Deborah Fulsang Designer collaborations are terribly de rigueur—hello H&M, Gap, Target et al. On that note, scent-obsessives will be happy to know that perfume…
Send a scented love letter to your Valentine
By Deborah Fulsang A crisp white envelope lands in the mailbox, your name written in hand script, stamp in the upper right corner; a delivery…
Christophe Cervasel of Atelier Cologne
Question: Can you tell me how Atelier Cologne came to be? Why cologne? Cervasel: It’s a long story, but I can make it short. If…