Natural perfumer Douglas Little of Heretic Parfum Collection
We spoke to Douglas Little the owner/founder of Heretic Parfum Collection about working with Gwyneth Paltrow, his commitment to natural ingredients and his latest fragrance,…
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Brett Walther shares his first fragrance love—and why he gave it up
Brett Walther, web editor at Reader's Digest, used to be scent-monogamous—until an intervention opened up his fragrance world. What is your favourite scent memory of childhood?…
What is tonka bean?
Fragrance is full of familiar notes (rose, ginger, salt) and not-so-familiar ingredients (coumarin, osmanthus, orris). And so you ask: What is tonka bean? The bean, defined…
Celebrating 90 years of fragrance anniversaries
By Alexandra Donaldson We recently realized 10 years had passed since Viktor & Rolf launched its provocatively titled (and packaged) Flowerbomb fragrance. Feel old yet? The anniversary left us…