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Fig, Salt, Skin: Why D:Sol MMXVI Isleta Stole My Weekend
Fig can be cloying or cliché, but not here. D:Sol MMXVI Isleta turns the fruit into something mineral, sunstruck, and quietly seductive, a reminder th...
November 30, 2025 at 02:47 PM
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Inside Boulder’s New Scent Nerve Center: DSH Perfumes The Essense Studio
Indie perfumery just planted an even deeper flag in Boulder. The new DSH Perfumes the Essense Studio is a working atelier with soul, not a selfie trap...
November 29, 2025 at 07:46 PM
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Whispering To Santa: My 2025 Fragrance Wishlist and Gifting Game
My holiday perfume wishlist is locked and loaded, with one star bottle I want on my dresser and a single unsniffed wild card I’m willing to gamble on....
November 29, 2025 at 04:07 PM
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White Tea With A Bite: Statik Olfactive Finding Forbidden Love (2025)
White tea rarely dares to flirt with danger, but Statik Olfactive’s new release refuses to stay polite. Finding Forbidden Love by Paul Kiler is a refi...
November 28, 2025 at 09:15 PM
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Your cabin called: it wants the maple syrup candle and a smoky vanilla perfume
A cheeky maple syrup candle in a classic can from the Vermont Country Store is turning my apartment into a sugar shack, and I’m not mad about it. If y...
November 28, 2025 at 04:24 PM
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Lush slips into three moods with Big Blue, Black Pearl and Candy Rain
Lush just dropped a limited edition Lush Club trio that swings from sea-salt fresh to midnight-inky to sugar-shock sweet. Meet Big Blue, Black Pearl a...
November 28, 2025 at 04:08 PM
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Ralph Lauren brings back Polo Red Extreme for 2025. Deja vu or a darker course correction?
Ralph Lauren is launching a new Polo Red Extreme for 2025, described as ambery, woody, leathery. Not to be confused with the 2017 scent of the same na...
November 28, 2025 at 03:21 PM
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Black Friday Poison: The Decant I Actually Wanted To Wear
On Black Friday, I skipped the checkout frenzy and reached for a gourmand decant that feels like a wink, not a buy-now button. Call it a scent of rebe...
November 28, 2025 at 02:32 PM
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Pine won’t calm you by magic: your memories will, and these perfumes know it
Wellness slogans love to promise “stress-reducing” pine, but mood is more about memory and context than terpenes. Here’s the coniferic shortlist I rea...
November 28, 2025 at 01:53 PM
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Thanksgiving Skin Scents: What Actually Works Around A Feast
Thanksgiving is a landmine of aromas, emotions, and unpredictable seating charts. Here’s what I’m wearing, what truly behaves around a table, and the...
November 27, 2025 at 04:32 PM
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Velvet Vendetta: Sarah Baker’s Silk-Gloved Troublemaker
Sarah Baker Perfumes delivers a wink and a warning with Velvet Vendetta, a fragrance that flirts with danger and laughs while it does. It is playful,...
November 27, 2025 at 03:04 PM
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Pink Iris Grows Teeth: ABEL’s 2025 Bio-Boost
The beloved iris gets a modern backbone with the 2025 reformulation of ABEL Pink Iris, a collaboration between perfumer and scientist that leans on bi...
November 26, 2025 at 07:09 PM
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East Meets West Without The Cliche: Wearing Oriental Rida by Badar Parfums
I wore Oriental Rida from Badar Parfums to see if the East-meets-West promise holds up on skin, not just on paper. With Sébastien Cresp at the helm, i...
November 26, 2025 at 06:29 PM
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Armani Privé Lumières: beam of light or just another glitter bomb?
Giorgio Armani has slipped Lumières into the Armani Privé universe as a limited entry in Les Éditions Couture. The name promises radiance, the timing...
November 26, 2025 at 03:20 PM
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Wednesday Scent of the Day: Cake, Cocktails, and a Little Chaos
It’s National Cake Day colliding with Drinksgiving, so the perfume brief writes itself. I’m navigating booster-brain with a bare wrist for now, then l...
November 26, 2025 at 02:16 PM
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Before the Factory, there was incense: tracing Andy Warhol’s scent origin
Andy Warhol’s perfume obsession didn’t begin in a department store. It began in church smoke, ritual light, and the hypnotic drift of incense that tur...
November 26, 2025 at 01:45 PM
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Wind, colored: Nobile 1942’s Il Colore del Vento by Maria Celeste Lombardo
Nobile 1942 lands 2025 with Il Colore del Vento, a breezy, sunlit scent by Maria Celeste Lombardo that feels like linen and river light. It is airy wi...
November 25, 2025 at 08:31 PM
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The room spray that out-holidays your tree
I road-tested MCMC Fragrances Deck the Halls Room Spray and it pulled my apartment straight into peak December without the sugar-headache. Think balsa...
November 25, 2025 at 05:08 PM
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Tuesday scent check: silk, soul, and a quiet kind of power
A Tuesday built on small rituals and big feelings. I reached for Lush Silky Underwear and a cup of Jasmine Pearl Tea Co Bombay Breakfast, then let mem...
November 25, 2025 at 02:29 PM
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The $50 reality check: Americans love affordable perfume more than snobs admit
Most US fragrance wearers paid under $50 for their last bottle, with only a tiny slice splurging $150 or more. That isn’t a crisis for artistry, it’s...
November 25, 2025 at 02:19 PM
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Vanilla With Altitude: Gabrielle Durand’s Sainte Vanille for On The Nose Perfumes
Vanilla that kneels on cool stone instead of lounging in a patisserie. On The Nose Perfumes Sainte Vanille by Gabrielle Durand is a resonant, skin-hum...
November 24, 2025 at 09:13 PM
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Chasing the Light: Golden Hour by Cypress Cove
I spent a week with Golden Hour by Cypress Cove, and it surprised me by choosing intimacy over spectacle. A warm amber with a cashmere finish, it’s th...
November 23, 2025 at 07:41 PM
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I Wore Puredistance YSAYO For A Week And It Bit Back In The Best Way
A personal, no-fluff take on Puredistance YSAYO, the new green vision from Antoine Lie. Think cut stems, cool shade and a refined wildness that doesn’...
November 22, 2025 at 08:10 PM
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Lazy 3-Day Weekend Scent Survival Guide: Real-Girl Picks For Thanksgiving Calm
Thanksgiving weekend is the Olympics of cozy, and your perfume should be the quiet MVP. Here are the real bottles and vials I reach for when I’m cooki...
November 22, 2025 at 04:38 PM
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L’Occitane’s Holiday 2025 Two‑Handed Tease: Nuit vs Dawn
L’Occitane drops two limited editions for Holiday 2025 and they read like a mood ring for your wrist. Nuit Festive and Premiers Rayons set up a night‑...
November 22, 2025 at 03:38 PM
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Unwrap The Joy: Why Estée Lauder’s Holiday Solid Compacts Still Seduce Me Every Year
The latest Estée Lauder holiday solid perfume compacts have landed, and yes, I’m already plotting which one will live in my evening bag. These jeweled...
November 22, 2025 at 03:08 PM
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Caron Infini: From 1912 Spark to 1972 Sleekness, the Aldehyde That Refuses to Age
A personal look at Caron Infini, born in 1912 by Ernest Daltroff then reimagined in 1972 by Gerard Lefort. This is an aldehydic floral that wears its...
November 21, 2025 at 08:37 PM
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Amairo by Mirozuki, my quiet-weather fixation
When the first cold snaps hit, I reach for Amairo by Mirozuki. This is a perfume for people who crave intimacy over volume, a soft cocoon that whisper...
November 21, 2025 at 08:33 PM
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Tiny Luxuries, Big Attitude: Bridie Hall’s Intaglio Soaps Are The Guest Gift That Actually Feels Smart
If you still stash hotel minis for your guest bathroom, it’s time to graduate. Bridie Hall turns humble soap into pocket-sized art with her Grand Tour...
November 21, 2025 at 07:40 PM
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Fig with a wink: Tom Ford Figue Érotique slips into Private Blend this December
Tom Ford is serving fig with a flush in Figue Érotique, a new entry to the Tom Ford Private Blend collection arriving in December. Expect a sensual ta...
November 21, 2025 at 05:40 PM
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Billie Eilish’s Your Turn II: a fresh-woody plot twist I didn’t see coming
Billie Eilish just dropped Your Turn II, a fresh-woody flanker to this year’s Your Turn. If you’re tired of sticky celeb gourmands, this could be the...
November 21, 2025 at 03:15 PM
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Vintage Friday: Say Hello With A Perfume You’ll Still Love In 20 Years
World Hello Day deserves a scent with staying power. I reached for vintage Diorissimo and pulled a few timeless classics that still sing on modern ski...
November 21, 2025 at 02:40 PM
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Men’s Fragrance Grew Up in 2025: Quiet Power, Real Skin, No Peacocks
The loud, chest-thumping era of men’s fragrance is losing its grip. In 2025, the most interesting launches and campaigns are speaking in a lower regis...
November 21, 2025 at 02:29 PM
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Black Oregano by Atelier Materi: oregano in a leather jacket
I tested the new aromatic leather from Atelier Materi and it is not the oregano you sprinkle on pizza. Atelier Materi Black Oregano by Céline Perdriel...
November 20, 2025 at 08:05 PM
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Snow Angels and the Cherry Reckoning: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Plays Winter Two Ways
Indie perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz drops a glacial limited edition for Holiday 2025 with Snow Angels, then doubles down on the cherry obsession with...
November 20, 2025 at 01:54 PM
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City-center static and a green flash: my first look at Versace Crystal Emerald
A new spot for Versace Crystal Emerald just landed, throwing a sharp green flare into the house’s jewel-box lineup. If this is the next chapter after...
November 20, 2025 at 01:52 PM
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Thursday Scent Log: Citrus on Skin, Roudnitska on the Brain
Almost Friday, and my suitcase smells like ylang and sweet orange while my mind is wandering through a vintage garden. Today I’m commando on fragrance...
November 20, 2025 at 01:51 PM
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Marrakech Isn’t Just A Postcard. It’s A Living Perfumery Built On Berber Know-how
I went to Marrakech to sniff out the real story behind its perfumed reputation and found a city where ancient Berber techniques still steer modern tas...
November 20, 2025 at 01:50 PM
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A Lamp Left On: Reviewing Solstice Scents Upstairs Window
I spent a week with Solstice Scents Upstairs Window, and it felt like walking into a dim hallway where a single light waits for you. Indie perfumer An...
November 19, 2025 at 07:26 PM
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Patchouli Noir by Aftelier Perfumes: The Patchouli That Changed My Mind
Patchouli that smells like velvet rather than vintage incense sticks. Patchouli Noir from Aftelier Perfumes reshapes the material into something shado...
November 19, 2025 at 07:22 PM
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Forest, but make it louder: my take on Boy Smells XXMas Tree Holiday Magnum
The Boy Smells XXMas Tree Holiday Magnum Candle is a brazen pine bomb for people who crave resin and cold-air sparkle over sugar-cookie coziness. It l...
November 19, 2025 at 05:06 PM
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DS & Durga Concrete Lightning: the street-storm drop I didn’t know I needed
Indie darlings DS & Durga just launched Concrete Lightning, a limited edition that sounds like sparks on wet pavement. If you crave urban air, mineral...
November 19, 2025 at 02:57 PM
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Antelao: Acqua di Parma trades tinsel for altitude
Acqua di Parma has christened its holiday mood Antelao, a name that dials the season from glitter to granite. I read it as a quietly provocative pivot...
November 19, 2025 at 02:44 PM
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Wednesday SOTD: Men, Florals, and the Tiny Bottle That Ruined Me for Modern Perfume
It’s Wednesday and International Men’s Day, which feels like the perfect excuse to wear flowers with conviction. I’m traveling light in every way, but...
November 19, 2025 at 02:32 PM
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Milk Perfumes Are Having Their Main Character Moment
The milk perfume wave isn’t a glitch in the gourmand matrix. It’s the long-simmering rise of lactonic notes stepping out from the background to take c...
November 19, 2025 at 02:21 PM
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Velvet Vendetta by Sarah Baker: a vanilla that bites back
I tested Velvet Vendetta from Sarah Baker, composed by Margaux Le Paih-Guérin, and it is not your dessert vanilla. Think silk gloves hiding brass knuc...
November 18, 2025 at 08:28 PM
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Tuesday Skin Scent: Traveling Bare, Craving Fracas
On the road with nothing but a DIY citrus-ylang whisper, I found myself longing for my old solid of Robert Piguet Fracas. The diva of white florals be...
November 18, 2025 at 01:02 PM
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Do Your Top Notes Make It To Dinner? The New Obsession With All-Day Scent
Perfume lovers are done negotiating with vanishing top notes. The new brief is bolder: keep the entire signature intact from coffee to nightcap, not j...
November 18, 2025 at 01:00 PM
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Rave On Skin: Underground Vibes by Laboratorio Olfattivo
I’ve been wearing Underground Vibes by Laboratorio Olfattivo, composed by Antoine Lie, and it smells like a backroom anthem captured in a bottle. Thin...
November 17, 2025 at 02:48 PM
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Fig With Sand In Its Hair: First Impressions of D:SOL MMXVI ISLETA
I thought I was over beachy figs until D:SOL MMXVI ISLETA decided to show me what a modern marine fig can do. This collaboration between Dennis Werner...
November 16, 2025 at 08:38 PM
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Into the Thicket: A Personal Take on Wolfsbane by Quartana Parfums
Wolfsbane by Quartana Parfums is a shadowy, green-animalic labyrinth with a boozy absinthe glow that feels part forest rite, part velvet mischief. It...
November 16, 2025 at 08:21 PM
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East meets sweet: testing Badar Parfums Oriental Rida by Sébastien Cresp
I spent a week with Badar Parfums Oriental Rida and it flipped my oud expectations on their head. Fruity florals ride into resin and wood with a discr...
November 15, 2025 at 09:05 PM
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Lazy Long-Weekend Scent Check: What I’m Wearing, What I’m Avoiding, What I Accidentally Collected
A 3-day weekend is a perfect mirror for our perfume habits. Here are my honest answers to the four questions I ask myself every November: what I’m act...
November 15, 2025 at 01:14 PM
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Caturday cravings: a gourmand lip balm from Paul & Joe and a purr-fect curveball from Loewe
A sweet-tart surprise from Paul & Joe lands right in my gourmand-loving heart, while Loewe winks at us with an unscented kitty cameo. This is how beau...
November 15, 2025 at 01:13 PM
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DKNY’s 24/7 gets louder: meet Electric and Rush
Donna Karan’s street-smart line just split into two new personalities. DKNY 24/7 Electric and DKNY 24/7 Rush arrive as punchy flankers to last year’s...
November 14, 2025 at 03:45 PM
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Glasshouse Gingerbread House: the holiday candle I wanted to roll my eyes at... then bought
The limited edition Gingerbread House candle from Glasshouse dodges the cupcake trap with a sharp spice backbone and a lightly boozy vanilla finish. I...
November 14, 2025 at 03:44 PM
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Glitter vs grit: three holiday fantasies from By Kilian, Mugler, and Good Girl
This season’s holiday campaigns from By Kilian, Mugler, and Carolina Herrera Good Girl stage three very different party moods. I took a sharp sniff at...
November 14, 2025 at 02:11 PM
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Cognac On Skin, Not On Ice: My Take On M. Micallef Notorious XO
Cognac-inspired perfumes are everywhere, but few capture the plush hush of a late-night pour. M. Micallef Notorious XO leans into that fantasy with a...
November 14, 2025 at 02:05 PM
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Friday Scent of the Day: If Monet Painted With Iris
Today’s scent theme leans Impressionist, inspired by the birthday of Claude Monet. I’m reaching for airy, light-kissed perfumes that feel like translu...
November 14, 2025 at 02:04 PM
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Mexico Smells Like The Future: Estée Lauder Bets On Xinú
Estée Lauder has taken a minority stake in Xinú, the Mexico-born niche house championing Latin American botanicals and design. It is the company’s fir...
November 14, 2025 at 01:48 PM
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Amber With a Sea Breeze: First Take on Cypress Cove Golden Hour by Adam Ebberts
Cypress Cove Golden Hour feels like an amber that has learned to breathe near the water. It offers a warm resin glow with a coastal lift that sidestep...
November 13, 2025 at 08:07 PM
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Prada Holiday 2025 comes in three acts, and yes, you can smell it from here
Prada rolls out a trio for Holiday 2025: a fashion spot with zero juice, a glossy Prada Beauty push with plenty of scent, and a neat little refill mom...
November 13, 2025 at 06:38 PM
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Do You Wear Your Shampoo As Perfume? Aveda’s Aromatic Gems For Hands
A scented hand cream can be a stealth perfume. I road-tested Aveda’s trio and found three very different moods: clean, green, and candy-soft, each wit...
November 13, 2025 at 04:15 PM
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Haystacks, Kindness, and Licorice: Why I’m Wearing Hermès Brin de Réglisse Today
On World Kindness Day, I reached for Hermès Brin de Réglisse, a lavender and licorice veil with a hay-soft heart that feels like sunlight on skin. Wit...
November 13, 2025 at 02:52 PM
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Stop Smelling Boring: Interesting Perfumes That Won’t Torch Your Budget
If your signature smells like freshly laundered spreadsheet, we need to talk. You can smell intriguing, stylish, and very much like yourself without s...
November 13, 2025 at 02:16 PM
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Unwrapping Warmth: A Real-Life Take on Home for the Holidays by Statik Olfactive
I tested Home for the Holidays by Statik Olfactive on busy city days and quiet winter nights. It smells like the best parts of December, without the s...
November 12, 2025 at 07:50 PM
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The amber vanilla that sneaks into your routine, not your pulse points
Comforting amber vanilla, but make it a shower ritual. The limited edition solid oil from Kate McLeod turns the bathroom into a warm, gourmand cloud w...
November 12, 2025 at 03:59 PM
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Holiday 2025: Burberry’s star parade, Guerlain’s perfume moment, Louis Vuitton’s pretty silence
Three glossy holiday films landed and only one remembered the point of perfume. Burberry brought the celebrities, Louis Vuitton brought the sparkle, a...
November 12, 2025 at 02:31 PM
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Wednesday scent of the day: Cassatt’s boat, Monet’s light, and a kimono on my skin
Midweek needed a jolt of color, so I let a painting row me across two worlds. Today’s scent carries me from Mary Cassatt’s south of France to the hush...
November 12, 2025 at 02:05 PM
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Ulta in the Middle East: Can it win the UAE fragrance war?
UAE malls are already a fragrance battleground, with mass and masstige scents elbowing for space next to ambitious local houses. With Ulta circling, t...
November 12, 2025 at 01:53 PM
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Patchouli, Unraveled: My Take on Aftelier Perfumes Patchouli Noir 2025
Patchouli gets its silk shirt moment with Aftelier Perfumes. Patchouli Noir 2025 is musky, earthy, and unexpectedly tranquil, the kind of scent that h...
November 11, 2025 at 09:07 PM
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Haunted Tea For Your Living Room: The Haunted Tea Cozy by Heretic
A tea-scented room spray with a macabre wink, The Haunted Tea Cozy from Heretic carries citrus bite, bitter marmalade attitude, and old library dust i...
November 11, 2025 at 03:10 PM
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Clean That Flirts: Soap Bubble by YLEM Parfums
I tried Soap Bubble by YLEM Parfums expecting another forgettable white musk. Instead, I got clean skin with a pulse and a sly, iridescent glow. If yo...
November 11, 2025 at 03:07 PM
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Tuesday Scent Map: Monet’s Water Garden, Veterans Day quiet, and a serene Hermès
A contemplative Tuesday scent of the day that drifts from Veterans Day reflection to Claude Monet’s misty gardens. I’m wearing Hermès Le Jardin de Mon...
November 11, 2025 at 02:45 PM
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I Let A Machine Bottle My Scent For $95. Did It Smell Like Me?
I tried an AI powered perfume kiosk that mixed a “custom” fragrance on the spot and slapped my name on the label. The spectacle was seductive, but the...
November 11, 2025 at 02:17 PM
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Ghosts at 3 AM: Wearing Laboratorio Olfattivo Underground Vibes by Antoine Lie
I spent a week with Laboratorio Olfattivo Underground Vibes by Antoine Lie, a 2025 release that smells like neon sweat, cold rails, and the last cigar...
November 10, 2025 at 08:14 PM
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Wandering Stars by Neshama smells like moonlight with secrets
I tested Wandering Stars by Neshama over late nights and early mornings, and it kept shifting between glow and shadow. A luminous, creamy aura meets a...
November 10, 2025 at 05:44 PM
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Mirozuki Amairo by Jonas Bergmann Review 2025: Cashmere Skin With A Quiet Pulse
I spent a week with Mirozuki Amairo and it surprised me by whispering louder than it projects. This is comfort-chic perfumery with a sly, intimate twi...
November 9, 2025 at 08:07 PM
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Dreaming With Eyes Open: Hellenist’s Les Bras de Morphée Makes Awards Noise
The hypnotic niche release Les Bras de Morphée by Hellenist has been named a finalist at the Fragrance Foundation Awards France 2025 for Best Niche Fr...
November 9, 2025 at 07:45 PM
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Cognac After Midnight: First Look at M.Micallef Notorious XO by Daniela Marty
Meet M.Micallef Notorious XO, a 2025 release crafted by Daniela Marty that leans into the cognac fantasy without collapsing into syrup. It is a plush,...
November 8, 2025 at 08:29 PM
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Disco-ball florals, hold the glitter: my take on Ultra by Hiram Green
Ultra by Hiram Green is a high-voltage natural floral that trades beige for strobe lights. If you think naturals can’t party, this one steps onto the...
November 8, 2025 at 08:23 PM
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Lazy 3-Day Weekend Scent Confessional
Long weekends expose our truest perfume impulses. Here’s what I’m actually wearing, the bottle I still regret skipping, the blind buy that bit back, a...
November 8, 2025 at 04:38 PM
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Le Nectar de J'Adore: Dior’s honeyed provocation in a Marc Quinn bottle
Christian Dior debuts Le Nectar de J'Adore, a limited edition luxury riff on the 1999 icon J'Adore, dressed in a one-of-a-kind bottle by artist Marc Q...
November 8, 2025 at 04:16 PM
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Dior pulls a velvet glove over a steel fist: Sauvage Rare Blend arrives
Christian Dior drops Sauvage Rare Blend, a limited edition spin on the 2015 blockbuster Sauvage. Expect the same swaggering backbone with a smoother,...
November 8, 2025 at 04:03 PM
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Italy Whispered, Everyone Leaned In at The Art Perfumery Showcase with Esxence and the Italian Trade Agency
Italy traded megaphones for nuance, and it worked. At the Art Perfumery Showcase curated by the Italian Trade Agency with Esxence, the message was cle...
November 7, 2025 at 09:04 PM
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Smelling Mortality With House of Mammoth’s You & I (Will Die)
An indie perfume that whispers the truth we try not to say out loud. You & I (Will Die) by House of Mammoth, created by Benjamin Esposito, leans into...
November 7, 2025 at 08:45 PM
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Feathers, $3,300, and a Dior You Might Never Spray
Miss Dior Essence has been dressed in couture feathers by Maison Février, the historic Parisian plumassier. Only 50 bottles exist, each 200 ml and pri...
November 7, 2025 at 04:11 PM
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Parfums de Marly’s Holiday Mood: Velvet, Vanilla, and a Little Mischief
The latest holiday mood from Parfums de Marly lands with plush, candlelit energy that makes me reach for rose, tobacco, and vanilla without apology. H...
November 7, 2025 at 02:49 PM
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Friday Vetiver: Chocolate moods, green roots, real life
It’s National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day and I’m matching it with vetiver’s dark-green bite. I’m in Hermès Vetiver Tonka, then flirting wi...
November 7, 2025 at 02:36 PM
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Smoke With A Pulse: Syrian Rue, Ancient Burners, and the Incense Perfumes That Get It
Archaeologists found Peganum harmala (Syrian rue) in ancient incense burners, hinting that smoke wasn’t just fragrance, it was medicine and mood. If t...
November 7, 2025 at 02:24 PM
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Shalimar at 100: The Most Dangerous Softness in Perfumery
A century after its debut, Guerlain Shalimar still smells like a dare wrapped in silk. Here is what makes Jacques Guerlain’s icon eternal, and which v...
November 6, 2025 at 08:17 PM
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Régime des Fleurs Black Spruce: a holiday release for people who are over sugar-cookie perfumes
Régime des Fleurs has dropped Black Spruce, a limited edition holiday fragrance that leans needles and resin, not frosting. Here is what a spruce-forw...
November 6, 2025 at 04:42 PM
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Cherry heat, tonka velvet: I wore Tonka Rouge by Maison Tahite
I spent a week with Tonka Rouge from Maison Tahite, a boozy cherry-tonka gourmand that dodges the cough-syrup trap and lands somewhere deliciously gro...
November 6, 2025 at 04:39 PM
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Cardamom on my lips, tea on my skin: a tiny lemming worth chasing
I fell for Kalastyle’s Swedish Dream Tiny Tea Time Lip Balm and I’m not sorry. It smells like a soft cardamom chai, it layers beautifully with tea and...
November 6, 2025 at 04:21 PM
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Diptyque’s holiday story, minus the sugar rush
The Diptyque holiday collection is back to seduce your space with pine, smoke, and candied sparkle. Here’s how a fragrance reporter actually sniffs it...
November 6, 2025 at 04:01 PM
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Vetiver, Nachos, and a Thursday That Marches To Its Own Beat
Almost Friday calls for a classic green snap. I’m wearing Guerlain Vetiver and leaning into National Nachos Day with a salty grin, plus a reminder tha...
November 6, 2025 at 02:59 PM
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Givaudan says it woke 20 “silent” smell receptors. Here’s why my nose is twitching
Givaudan claims it has activated previously unresponsive human olfactory receptors and matched specific scent molecules to 20 of them. If the lab work...
November 6, 2025 at 02:47 PM
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Gothic Perfumes For Dark Winter Nights: Wolfsbane, Dark Lord, Noir de Noir
Three inky, seductive perfumes for the season when the sky goes black before dinner. I wore each in the cold and they answered back with smoke, leathe...
November 5, 2025 at 09:08 PM
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Profumum Roma’s Auriga Arrives, And I’m Already Reaching For A Blotter
Italian niche pillar Profumum Roma has launched Auriga, a name that leans into myth and motion, and my perfume brain is buzzing. If you love the brand...
November 5, 2025 at 07:31 PM
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Jo Malone’s holiday chaos is back, and I’m not mad about it
Jo Malone London drops its holiday film Merry, Mischief and Mayhem, leaning into playful chaos rather than polite minimalism. Here’s what it signals f...
November 5, 2025 at 04:41 PM
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Cinnabon’s Scented Wrapping Paper Exists. Gourmand Perfume Just Leaked Into Your Gift Pile
Cinnabon has launched limited-time scented wrapping paper that smells like their Classic Cinnamon Roll. It’s a cheeky, sugar-glazed snapshot of gourma...
November 5, 2025 at 02:53 PM
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Bonfire moon, Tilda’s birthday, and the ink-black pull of vetiver
A Beaver supermoon, Guy Fawkes sparks, and the cool bite of midweek call for a fragrance with shadows. I reached for Lalique Encre Noire and started p...
November 5, 2025 at 02:47 PM
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Gulf men are layering rose and vanilla. The result is addictive.
Layering is rewriting the rulebook for men’s fragrance in the Gulf. From rose attars under vanilla-heavy gourmands to oud cloaked in orange blossom, t...
November 5, 2025 at 02:41 PM
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Sniffapalooza 2025: new blood, real juice, and the giveaway buzz
Sniffapalooza 2025 reminded me why niche perfume still has teeth. Eleven boutiques opened their doors, and the new kid Blueme stole more than a few he...
November 4, 2025 at 09:23 PM
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Patchouli, After Dark: A First Look at Aftelier Patchouli Noir
Indie natural house Aftelier drops a new chapter in seduction with Patchouli Noir, debuting in a solid perfume. A limited liquid edition will be avail...
November 4, 2025 at 05:36 PM
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Carner Barcelona Bo-Bo Intense: the sunshine got louder
Carner Barcelona has dropped Bo-Bo Intense, a limited edition flanker to 2019’s Bo-Bo. If the original was a linen shirt flapping on a coastal breeze,...
November 4, 2025 at 03:44 PM
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Dior’s Circus Of Dreams: Holiday 2025 goes high-wire with Anya Taylor-Joy and Deva Cassel
Dior drops a Holiday 2025 fever dream, a glittering circus led by Anya Taylor-Joy and Deva Cassel. It’s pure spectacle with a fragrance heartbeat, les...
November 4, 2025 at 03:18 PM
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Coro by Xerjoff: The Radiant Heir That Plays Cleaner and Smarter
I tested Coro by Xerjoff over a week and it feels like the sleek, grown-up cousin of Erba Pura and Erba Gold. Same luminous DNA, less sugar rush, more...
November 4, 2025 at 03:10 PM
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Shalimar at 100: the icon that still dares you to wear it
A century on, Shalimar remains perfume’s most unapologetic siren call. Loved by Rita Hayworth, Simone Signoret, and Andy Warhol, this Guerlain legend...
November 4, 2025 at 02:34 PM
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Sugar, Smoke, Cream - My Take on Statik Olfactive’s Holiday Fever Dream
I spent a week wearing Statik Olfactive Home for the Holidays (2025) by Hez Binkowitz, and it’s not your cookie-cutter holiday perfume. It’s a cozy-me...
November 3, 2025 at 09:21 PM
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Tigercat by DSH Perfumes: the citrus that stalks
I wore Tigercat expecting a sunny spritz and got a prowling, spice-lit citrus with a resinous purr. This is DSH Perfumes at its most feline, moving fr...
November 3, 2025 at 09:15 PM
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Soap, stardust, and a wink: first sniff of YLEM Parfums Soap Bubble 2025
I tested YLEM Parfums Soap Bubble by Andreas Wilhelm, a 2025 launch that turns “clean” into something strangely cosmic. Think crisp bubbles, airy musk...
November 2, 2025 at 09:22 PM
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Chypre Isn’t Dead. Darren Alan’s Chypre No.1 Proves It Has Teeth
I tested Chypre No.1 from Darren Alan Perfumes and it snapped me right back to the mossy glamour I crave from a true chypre. Vintage spirit, modern po...
November 2, 2025 at 02:04 PM
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Neshama Wandering Stars Review: Gardenia meets Indonesian oud, no safety net
I tested Neshama Wandering Stars, a gardenia-oud duet co-created by Simon Shaer and Michael Ælfric Nordstrand. It’s a star-crossed pairing that turns...
November 1, 2025 at 05:23 PM
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Fall Back Rituals: The One I’m Buying, The One I’m Ditching, And The One I’m Packing
Daylight savings is the perfect excuse to reset your autumn perfume wardrobe. Here’s my honest fall edit: one fragrance I’m hunting down, one I’m voti...
November 1, 2025 at 02:35 PM
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Confessions of a Splitmeet Stalker: What I’m Hunting This Round
The latest splitmeet is open and I’m sharpening my pipettes. Here’s what I’m chasing, what I’ll happily host, and what I think we should collectively...
November 1, 2025 at 02:20 PM
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Your T-shirt Smelling Like Peach Pie, But Make It Clean
Gourmand has slipped into the laundry room, and it is not subtle. Laundry Sauce is pushing the envelope with Mojave Peach, a fruity detergent that red...
November 1, 2025 at 01:52 PM
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Friday Scent of the Day: Halloween Calls for the Odd, the Eerie, the Unruly
Halloween begs for perfumes with teeth. I’m leaning into the witchy, the offbeat, and the deliciously dissonant, with nods to John Keats and Ethel Wat...
October 31, 2025 at 01:20 PM
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Dreaming Awake With Hellenist Les Bras de Morphée
I’ve been wearing Hellenist Les Bras de Morphée on nights when the city won’t hush, and it feels like slipping into a silk slipdress of scent. It’s in...
October 31, 2025 at 01:07 PM
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Hiram Green ULTRA Review 2025, the diva white floral with a sly grin
I tested Hiram Green ULTRA and it is unabashedly floral first, then deliciously indolic once the heat of skin gets involved. It feels like a vintage s...
October 30, 2025 at 01:23 PM
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Thursday Scent Dispatch: Candy Corn Day, Carry-On Chaos, and the Oddballs I’m Wearing
It’s National Candy Corn Day and I’m traveling light, which means I’m commando except for a DIY lotion of sweet orange and ylang ylang. With Halloween...
October 30, 2025 at 01:17 PM
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L’Oréal courts Creed, Bottega, Balenciaga. Your nose should pay attention.
L’Oréal is taking over Creed and locking in 50-year beauty licenses for Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, with an option to bring Gucci Beauty into the f...
October 30, 2025 at 01:00 PM
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Juicy With A Spine: Jovoy Parfums Ha Long Bay by Véronique Nyberg
A mango that refuses to behave pretty. Ha Long Bay from Jovoy Parfums, signed by Véronique Nyberg, opens with a sun-lit fruit flash then turns satin-s...
October 29, 2025 at 06:22 PM
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Main Character Energy, Bottled: My Take on Vivamor Parfums x Redolessence
I wore Main Character by Vivamor Parfums x Redolessence for a week to see if it lives up to the name. It’s soft-focus, polished, and surprisingly wear...
October 29, 2025 at 06:18 PM
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Holiday Highball Is The Eggnog Candle That Flirts Back
I tested the Kobo Holiday Highball Candle and it delivers a creamy, boozy eggnog fantasy with just enough spice to feel like a party. It is playful, i...
October 29, 2025 at 03:11 PM
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Wednesday Scent of the Day: Cats, Quirks, and a Green Snake
It is Wednesday and I am leaning into National Cat Day with a scent that purrs then scratches. Today’s spritz is All Good Things by Lush, with a side-...
October 29, 2025 at 01:49 PM
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Sniffing History In Real Time: Inside Düsseldorf’s Bold Scent Exhibition
Düsseldorf just turned the museum visit on its head with a show that leads with the nose. “The Secret Power of Scents” at Kunstpalast uses 81 fragranc...
October 29, 2025 at 01:19 PM
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Tonka Wrapped In Red: First Look at Maison Tahité Tonka Rouge by Sébastien Cresp
A cherry-kissed tonka that flirts with decadence without falling into sticky-sweet cliché. Maison Tahité teams up with Sébastien Cresp for Tonka Rouge...
October 28, 2025 at 08:07 PM
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Guerlain’s Moonlit Bee Bottle Is Back. Do You Want It, Or Do You Want The Story?
The latest Guerlain limited Bee Bottle arrives dressed for a lunar ball, but the romance comes with a reality check. It’s gorgeous, it’s exclusive, an...
October 28, 2025 at 03:52 PM
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Meet Remi, the citrus mood from By Rosie Jane
Clean fragrance’s sunniest optimist just got a passport stamp. By Rosie Jane has introduced Remi, a citrus-forward perfume that aims for clarity, not...
October 28, 2025 at 02:02 PM
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Animated by Oak: My Tuesday With Serge Lutens Chêne
International Animation Day deserves a scent with backbone. I reached for the oak-swathed confidence of Serge Lutens Chêne and found unexpected harmon...
October 28, 2025 at 01:47 PM
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Are We Smelling Wrong? Swiss Lab Noses Just Shook Perfumery
Swiss researchers have tweaked human cells to behave like olfactory neurons and their results challenge a comforting theory of smell. If they are righ...
October 28, 2025 at 01:42 PM
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Mortal, Mineral, Beautiful: Reviewing House of Mammoth’s You & I (Will Die)
Indie perfumery rarely looks mortality in the eye, but House of Mammoth does exactly that with You & I (Will Die). Composed by Benjamin Esposito, this...
October 27, 2025 at 08:07 PM
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Headspace Tabac: the slow-burn tobacco that shut me up
I’m jaded about tobacco perfumes, but Headspace Tabac by Julien Rasquinet surprised me by whispering rather than shouting. It unfolds like a story, fr...
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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NYC’s Autumn Nose Party: Inside the 37th Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2025
I spent a crisp Saturday weaving through New York’s biggest indie fragrance meet-up and left with ink-stained wrists, a tote full of mystery, and a he...
October 26, 2025 at 08:56 PM
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Inside Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2025: What Actually Turned Heads
New York gave us perfect sweater weather and a full-throttle scent high at the Sniffapalooza Fall Ball 2025. I went in curious, left with wrists stain...
October 26, 2025 at 08:56 PM
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Cognac Reign by D.S. & Durga: The Autumn Pour That Actually Grows Up
I swapped my pumpkin-spice comfort zone for something bolder this season. Cognac Reign by D.S. & Durga, composed by David Seth Moltz, delivers an eleg...
October 26, 2025 at 08:52 PM
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The Year of the Sidewalk Spritz: Why New York’s Brick and Mortar Perfume Scene Feels Electric
New York’s niche perfume boom is not a vibe, it is a body check. I spent time at Naked Ghosts to see why in-person sniffing keeps winning, and a few n...
October 25, 2025 at 02:32 PM
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Field Notes From A Rainy Paris: Testing INeKE’s Tobacco-Tinged Classic
I spent a week living in INeKE Perfumes’ Field Notes from Paris, a woody ambery tobacco that wears like a handwritten letter tucked into a leather not...
October 25, 2025 at 01:52 PM
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Xerjoff Coro Review 2025: Tropical Abundance Without the Sugar Crash
I tested Xerjoff Coro across sweaty commutes and velvet-lit dinners, and it kept its poise. This is a plush, fruit-forward perfume that feels sun-soak...
October 24, 2025 at 08:13 PM
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Fuchsia Fever: Wearing In Fabula by ÉLISIRE On Skin
Fuchsia finally gets a scent and it’s not shy. In Fabula by ÉLISIRE turns color into temperature, swinging between cool poise and hot pulse, and I can...
October 24, 2025 at 06:49 PM
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Ambre Antique returns: Coty digs up its golden past for today
Coty has revived Ambre Antique as a limited edition within the Infiniment Coty Paris collection. A century-old name steps back into the light, and amb...
October 24, 2025 at 04:05 PM
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The most controversial holiday fragrance in my shower is a bar of soap
Perfume snobs won’t like this, but I’m calling it: the most wearable holiday scent right now is a soap. Panier des Sens Snowy Forest is a limited edit...
October 24, 2025 at 03:46 PM
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Crafted, literally: a tactile jolt from Loewe’s new perfume spot
The new spot for the Loewe Crafted Collection swaps glossy fantasy for splinters, stitches, and human hands. It’s a quiet flex that says luxury perfum...
October 24, 2025 at 01:52 PM
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Friday Scent of the Day: Enabler Pins, United Nations Day, and My Return to Theorema
Perfume is a reputation strategy, not a finishing touch. On United Nations Day, I’m wearing Fendi Theorema and thinking about the people who taught me...
October 24, 2025 at 01:44 PM
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Smell good, cope better: the sprays I trust on loud days
Some mornings I need a fragrance more than I need mascara. These are the stress-easing, mood-lifting perfumes I actually wear when the headlines spike...
October 24, 2025 at 01:05 PM
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Purring, Not Pouncing: My Take on DSH Perfumes Tigercat
DSH Perfumes Tigercat is a plush fur fantasy with a mischievous boozy twist, crafted by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz as Heirloom Elixir No. 39. It purrs close...
October 23, 2025 at 08:10 PM
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Estée Lauder’s Beautiful Magnolia Solid Compact: Jewel or Juice?
Estée Lauder revives its archive glamour with a limited solid perfume compact filled with Beautiful Magnolia. It is a stunning object and a provocativ...
October 23, 2025 at 04:24 PM
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Britney’s Back In Your Vanity: Fantasy Did It Again Edition
Britney Spears drops Fantasy Did It Again Edition, a limited edition fruity floral musk riff on her 2005 blockbuster Britney Spears Fantasy. Expect th...
October 23, 2025 at 03:56 PM
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Lovely grew fangs at midnight: Sarah Jessica Parker unveils Lovely Noir
Sarah Jessica Parker drops Lovely Noir, a moody flanker to her 2005 classic Lovely. It leans into a woody oriental gourmand profile and reads like aft...
October 23, 2025 at 03:03 PM
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