Solar perfumes let the sun shine in
Sparkle, shine, glow: Solar perfumes are the latest fragrance trend to channel the carefree sexiness of summer. If you’re anything like us, you grew up in…
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Rhubarb is today’s tart new perfume trend
Crunchy and cool, sweet yet tart, vegetable-meets-fruit: Multi-faceted rhubarb is the latest ingredient inspiring trendsetting perfumers. In the fashion and beauty trend-watching game, it’s often the…
Superhero bamboo inspires perfume and beauty
By Alexandra Donaldson Gucci recently announced it would release a new fragrance this fall entitled Bamboo. But what, I wondered, did bamboo smell like. I set…
Ginger perfumes spice things up
By Deborah Fulsang For all of you perfume lovers out there, can you guess what this quintet of terrific spritzes has in common: Jean-Paul Gaultier…
Iris perfumes
By Deborah Fulsang A flowerbed of irises lined the western-facing wall of my home growing up. It was hot dry terrain. Clay made the soil…
New rose perfumes to win your heart
By Deborah Fulsang Roses seduce. They are traditional, and in that they are comforting and a no-brainer choice when one is overwhelmed with today’s dizzying…
New citrus perfumes with pomelo, yuzu, tangerine…
By Deborah Fulsang Move over lemon and lime, today's sunniest new citrus perfumes embrace your more exotic cousins—hello tangerine, mandarin, pomelo, kumquat and yuzu. Citrus…
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…
Patchouli Sheds Its Hippie Heritage
By Marilisa Racco Long the domain of those dirty hippies* — Nixon’s words, not mine* — patchouli has been saddled with an unsavoury image of…
Spring fragrance: Thanks for the greenness Guerlain, Bottega Veneta
By Deborah Fulsang Close your eyes and think of spring: A soft warm breeze wafts our way, all fresh and green, herbaceous and earthy. If…
Macarons make for sweet scented treats
By Deborah Fulsang “Here comes La Tentation de Nina. It is a macaron-like fragrance; or a perfume-like macaron,” declare the scribes at the Parisian house…