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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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Quiet Luxury Scent of the Day: A Whisper of Hermès
I reached for Hermès L'Ambre des Merveilles today and remembered why soft-spoken perfumes can be the most subversive. On Mole Day no less, I leaned in...
October 23, 2025 at 01:37 PM
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Woody Citrus Smoke: My Notebook Still Smells Like Oman
If your idea of incense stops at church aisles, you haven’t met the charged, lemon-bright smoke of Najdi frankincense. I followed this note from the m...
October 23, 2025 at 01:24 PM
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Soft Power, Sweet Whisper: Vivamor Parfums Main Character 2025
A quietly confident gourmand is landing in 2025, and it isn’t here to shout. Vivamor Parfums Main Character, by Christian Provenzano and Steven Gavrie...
October 22, 2025 at 06:43 PM
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A jeweled saffron and an oudy rendezvous: Ormonde Jayne turns the lights low
British niche house Ormonde Jayne just unveiled two new fragrances, Bijou Zafran and Oud Liaisons. Saffron is having a second youth and oud refuses to...
October 22, 2025 at 03:06 PM
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Do You Need Another Pine Candle? The 2025 MFK Holiday Trio Might Seduce You Anyway
The 2025 holiday candle trio from Maison Francis Kurkdjian arrives with a classic pine, a gingerbread fantasy, and a caramel apple heartbreaker. It is...
October 22, 2025 at 02:41 PM
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Wednesday Scent Confession: Iris On My Wrist, Legends On My Mind
Midweek mischief with a classic iris on skin and a few cultural icons in the background. I revisit the OG that launched a thousand crisp-white-shirt f...
October 22, 2025 at 01:24 PM
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Is Cherry About To Fade From Your Vanity? A Benzaldehyde Reality Check
A key aroma chemical behind cherry and almond facets may be on the chopping block by 2027, according to industry insiders. Perfumers say cherry will s...
October 22, 2025 at 01:11 PM
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Chypre, Without the Dust: Why Timeless Elegance Still Bites, featuring Darren Alan Perfumes Chypre No 1
Chypre is not a museum piece, it is an architecture that still thrills on skin. I’ve been revisiting the structure that defined cool elegance and test...
October 21, 2025 at 07:17 PM
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Buttercream With Backbone: My Wear Test of The 7 Virtues BUTTERCREAM HAZE
I wore BUTTERCREAM HAZE by The 7 Virtues through coffee runs, deadlines, and a too-late train to see if this gourmand is more than frosting. It is swe...
October 21, 2025 at 07:05 PM
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Siren Song or Sea Wrath? First Thoughts on BeauFort London Sirenide
BeauFort London has launched Sirenide, a new entry in the Force Majeure collection. If you know this house for its salty smoke and ink-stained drama,...
October 21, 2025 at 04:00 PM
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Daisy gets a pop-art jolt: Marc Jacobs x Takashi Murakami, in four colors
Marc Jacobs drops four new limited editions of Daisy in collaboration with Takashi Murakami. Meet Daisy Murakami Blue, Daisy Murakami Green, Daisy Mur...
October 21, 2025 at 02:59 PM
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Pine, pith, and a lip balm - the holiday set from Yves Rocher that might actually earn your sink space
I’m eyeing the limited Holiday 2025 releases from Yves Rocher with more curiosity than usual. Mandarin Pine Needles and Winter Berries aim for fresh a...
October 21, 2025 at 02:31 PM
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L’Occitane’s Flora Orchestra: New Labels, Familiar Melodies
L’Occitane just rolled out Flora Orchestra, a tidy lineup that pulls in the brand’s existing scents with standardized bottles and a few fresh names. I...
October 21, 2025 at 02:20 PM
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National Apple Day meets Diwali: my Tuesday scent file
A crisp apple bite meets marigold-saffron glow in today’s perfume diary. I’m wearing Astier de Villatte Grand Chalet, then pulling a few apple-forward...
October 21, 2025 at 01:35 PM
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A 50-year perfume power play: L’Oréal picks up Creed and locks in Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga
The fragrance chessboard just flipped. L’Oréal is set to acquire the House of Creed and secure 50-year exclusive licenses for Gucci, Bottega Veneta, a...
October 21, 2025 at 01:14 PM
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A Whisper of Green Fire: Narcissus Poeticus 2 by Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery
I spent a week with Narcissus Poeticus 2 from Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery, and it surprised me with a calm, green voltage that never slips into cl...
October 20, 2025 at 08:19 PM
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Headspace Parfums Tabac 2025: a soft haze tailored by Julien Rasquinet
I wore the new Headspace Parfums Tabac and it wrapped me in a smoked-velvet aura that felt personal, not perfumey. Julien Rasquinet gives tobacco a mo...
October 19, 2025 at 06:06 PM
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Poème Noir by Sylhouette Parfums: the chypre that starts at midnight
Poème Noir from Sylhouette Parfums skips the sunny citrus prelude and walks straight into a shadow-drenched floral heart. It feels like a classic chyp...
October 19, 2025 at 05:53 PM
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Your Fall TBR Needs Perfume: 7 Pairings I Swear By
If your fall reading stack smells like nothing, it’s missing a chapter. Here are the book and perfume pairings I actually wear when the leaves crackle...
October 18, 2025 at 04:34 PM
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Crown Jewel Heat: Musc Ravageur and Tobacco Vanille On Real Skin
Two modern icons, two very different kinds of trouble. I wore Frédéric Malle Musc Ravageur and Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille side by side, layered and solo...
October 18, 2025 at 03:15 PM
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Does Light Have a Scent? I Wore Neil Morris Shimmering
I spent a week wearing Neil Morris Shimmering, a skin-seductress that plays with warmth, radiance, and quiet confidence. If you think “sheer” means fo...
October 18, 2025 at 01:09 PM
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3 Indie Fall Fragrances I Can’t Stop Wearing Right Now
Forget pumpkin spice. These three indie perfumes deliver smoke, hay, leather, and vanilla that feel like actual fall on skin. Bold, subtle, or warm —...
October 17, 2025 at 08:07 PM
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Diptyque’s holiday twist with no price hike: Do Son, Eau Rose, Orphéon
Diptyque has dropped limited editions of Do Son, Eau Rose, and Orphéon for the holidays, and the 75 ml Eau de Parfum bottles are the same $255 as the...
October 17, 2025 at 03:06 PM
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Skin Ghost Goes Rogue: Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 + Cistus
Escentric Molecules just unveiled Molecule 01 + Cistus, pairing Iso E Super’s smooth, cedar-amber hum with resinous cistus for a duskier, more tactile...
October 17, 2025 at 02:56 PM
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The scent I’d die in: lilies, incense, and an oddly comforting goodbye
Macabre, yes, but honest too. If fragrance is the diary on our skin, what do we want on the last page? Today I’m weighing the hush of Diorissimo again...
October 17, 2025 at 01:44 PM
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Are Perfume Lovers Quietly Losing Their Noses?
A large smell study found that many people who had COVID-19 still have reduced smell long after recovery, even if they don’t realize it. If fragrances...
October 17, 2025 at 01:12 PM
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Green Lightning: Revisiting A Scent by Issey Miyake (2009) by Daphné Bugey
A Scent by Issey Miyake is a cool, modern green chypre that slices through the air with crisp clarity. Composed by Daphné Bugey in 2009, it proves min...
October 16, 2025 at 08:32 PM
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Metallic tartan, cheeky torsos, and a little FOMO: JPG’s holiday bottles
The holiday collector bottles from Jean Paul Gaultier return in metallic tartan, dressing up Le Mâle Elixir and Divine for late-month release. Same ju...
October 16, 2025 at 03:56 PM
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Moschino’s Toy Boy 2: does the rose still bite?
Moschino drops a new flanker, Toy Boy 2, and I’m bracing to see if it keeps the original’s spicy-rose snarl or sands it down for mass appeal. Here’s w...
October 16, 2025 at 02:21 PM
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Wilde carnations, World Food Day, and the scent I’d take to the grave
Almost Friday meets World Food Day with a clove-sparked love letter to carnation perfumes. I honor Oscar Wilde at Père Lachaise with memories of Flori...
October 16, 2025 at 01:55 PM
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Brand Loyalty Is Fragile, So Your Perfume Shelf Got Busier
The fragrance world is sprinting, not strolling. With brand loyalty wobbling, even the chicest labels are speeding up launches, leaning on influencers...
October 16, 2025 at 01:08 PM
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Crisp Peaks, Warm Pulse: Review of Les Alpes by Nissaba
I wore Les Alpes by Nissaba expecting postcard pine and got something sharper, cooler, and more adult. Warm and dry on the skin, crisp and alpine in t...
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Fuchsia Isn’t A Color. It’s A Mood: ÉLISIRE In Fabula By Bérénice Watteau
The new ÉLISIRE release In Fabula by Bérénice Watteau treats fuchsia not as a paint chip but as an emotion. It promises a sensorial jolt that skips th...
October 15, 2025 at 08:10 PM
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Chanel’s Holiday 2025 Glow-Up: Shimmering Oils for No. 5 and Coco Mademoiselle
Chanel is rolling out limited edition shimmering body oils for Holiday 2025 in three shades tied to its icons. Expect a glossy, perfume-adjacent glow...
October 15, 2025 at 02:57 PM
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Dua Lipa turns Libre into a jewel: YSL Libre Vanille Couture
A new flank in the Libre story lands with a glint of gold. Dua Lipa returns for Yves Saint Laurent Libre Vanille Couture, teasing a richer, silkier ta...
October 15, 2025 at 01:49 PM
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Wednesday Scent of the Day: Clean Hands, Wicked Minds, and a Chalet for the Soul
Midweek deserves a scent that keeps you sharp, soft, and a little subversive. Today I’m balancing citrus-bright skin with a quiet, wood-warmed perfume...
October 15, 2025 at 01:40 PM
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Recession glam smells like nerve and neroli
Perfume is doing what handbags and haute hemlines can’t, it’s thriving when wallets tighten. Call it Recession Glam if you like, but the point is simp...
October 15, 2025 at 01:23 PM
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Gourmand Isn’t Shy Anymore: My Take on The 7 Virtues BUTTERCREAM HAZE
I tested The 7 Virtues BUTTERCREAM HAZE and it leans into gourmand with zero apologies. Think whipped vanilla frosting with a clean modern frame, craf...
October 14, 2025 at 08:17 PM
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Loewe’s Crafted Temptations: Bittersweet Oud, Iris Root, Roasted Vanilla
Spanish house Loewe unveils The Crafted Collection with three telling names that hint at texture and tension. I break down what to expect from Bitters...
October 14, 2025 at 04:28 PM
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A 1.65L Shalimar L’Essence? Guerlain just made perfume peacock
Guerlain has unveiled a 1.65L art-bottle edition of Shalimar L’Essence, dressed in feathers and flowers by Janaïna Milheiro with a nod to Frida Kahlo...
October 14, 2025 at 03:07 PM
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Peony pulls the pin: first look at Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Pretty Peony
Viktor & Rolf are adding a peony twist to their blockbuster Flowerbomb with the new Flowerbomb Pretty Peony. Expect a fruity floral spin that aims to...
October 14, 2025 at 02:48 PM
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Hermès finally says the O-word: first look at Oud Esma
Hermès is adding an oud to its most rarefied wardrobe with the upcoming Hermessence release, Oud Esma. As the third oil-based Essence de Parfum in the...
October 14, 2025 at 02:40 PM
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Ada, Dessert, and a Rose: Tuesday Scent Notebook 10/14
Ada Lovelace Day meets National Dessert Day, so I reached for the most hedonistic code of all: rose, saffron, and a touch of date-dark sweetness. I’m...
October 14, 2025 at 01:30 PM
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When a Thunderstorm Smells Like Goodbye: Na-Moya Lawrence’s Perfume of Grief and Guineps
A new scent by Na-Moya Lawrence dares to bottle the collision of rain-soaked earth, butter cookies, and guineps, all drawn from a family funeral that...
October 14, 2025 at 01:06 PM
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Why Bon Parfumeur 003 Forced Its Way Into My Fragrance Wardrobe
I rarely fall for citrus colognes, but Bon Parfumeur 003 cut through my skepticism with green snap and grown up polish. This is a crisp, modern cologn...
October 13, 2025 at 01:06 PM
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Cognac Without The Hangover: D.S. & Durga’s Cognac Reign Is Midnight Velvet In A Bottle
A new boozy stunner from D.S. & Durga, Cognac Reign is a plush, oak-soaked portrait of the iconic French spirit, crafted by David Seth Moltz for 2025....
October 12, 2025 at 06:29 PM
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Three-Day Weekend, Nine Sprays: My Fall Perfume Lineup And Split Plans
Long weekends are for shameless spritzing and bold bottle math. Here is my real-life fall lineup, what I’m splitting, and the bottles I’m stalking nex...
October 11, 2025 at 04:28 PM
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Club Lights, Sticky Lips: Régime des Fleurs Drops Wicked Honey
The niche studio behind some of the most artful florals just slipped a honey bomb into our autumn. Régime des Fleurs teams with Honey Dijon for Wicked...
October 11, 2025 at 04:13 PM
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Guerlain crowns Knightsbridge again with Royal Extract III
Guerlain has unveiled Royal Extract III, a limited edition luxury extrait exclusive to Harrods, following the 2020 release of Royal Extract II. It’s a...
October 11, 2025 at 03:59 PM
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Fantasmagory by Louis Vuitton: a lucid dream slips into Les Extraits
Louis Vuitton just added Fantasmagory to the Les Extraits Collection, a name that feels part séance, part cinema cut. No notes yet, but the title alon...
October 11, 2025 at 03:44 PM
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Perfume Isn’t Protection. Here’s What I Wear When I Stop Pretending
We’re sold the fairy tale that a beautiful scent can shield us from heartbreak and judgment. It can’t. What it can do, on honest days, is amplify the...
October 11, 2025 at 03:09 PM
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Sunshine with a buzz: my take on KAJAL Perfumes Topaz
I tested KAJAL Perfumes Topaz on a humid afternoon and it felt like slipping into liquid light. Think orange blossom spun into candy, brightened with...
October 11, 2025 at 01:30 PM
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Vanilla Is Having A Moment, And Parle Moi Just Threw Down A Gauntlet
French niche house Parle Moi de Parfum drops a new unisex vanilla by Michel Almairac. If you’re tired of cupcake clouds, this one hints at a lean, adu...
October 10, 2025 at 03:56 PM
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A Night of Wax and Gold: Diptyque crowns Sapin as the holiday main event
Diptyque is breaking its own holiday ritual in 2025, centering the season on a single star: Sapin. No trio of limited candles this time, just one pine...
October 10, 2025 at 03:00 PM
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Narcissus With Bite: Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Narcissus Poeticus 2
A narcissus that refuses to sit pretty. Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery and perfumer Laurie Stern deliver a natural floral with backbone in Narcissus...
October 10, 2025 at 02:14 PM
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Moonlight on my wrist: L’Artisan Parfumeur unveils Fleur de Lune
L’Artisan Parfumeur has released Fleur de Lune, a limited edition that whispers of night-blooming petals and silk shadows. I haven’t worn it yet, but...
October 10, 2025 at 02:11 PM
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Nutmeg Friday, Two Wrists: Fendi Theorema vs L’Eau du Gouverneur
Today’s ritual is nutmeg on the skin and music in the room. I’m double-wristing two very different spice stories, letting each one stake its claim whi...
October 10, 2025 at 01:30 PM
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The $100 Line In The Sand: Everyday Perfume Isn’t Sacred Anymore
Price sensitivity is finally reshaping how we wear scent, and I’m not mad about it. Carina Chaz of Dedcool is pushing a simple idea with big impact: f...
October 10, 2025 at 01:12 PM
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Above The Waves, Not Beneath The Hype: My Real-Life Wear Test
Forget beachy clichés. Etat Libre d'Orange steers Above The Waves away from marine fluff and into a calm, tea-steeped haze laced with incense. It’s a...
October 9, 2025 at 02:21 PM
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When chocolate on skin disappoints, light the chili: Mizensir Chocolat Suisse vs Tocca Oaxaca
Chocolate notes in perfume can seduce or suffocate. When Mizensir Chocolat Suisse felt too polite on my skin, the Tocca Oaxaca Holiday Edition Candle...
October 9, 2025 at 02:17 PM
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Into the Green With John Varvatos: Meet Artisan Forest
Forest bathing in a bottle, or just another safe shower-fresh flanker? John Varvatos has launched Artisan Forest, riffing on the crisp-citrus DNA of 2...
October 9, 2025 at 02:11 PM
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Atkinsons Strikes Thrice: Ambre Royal, Midnight Scented Dream, and a Platinum afterglow
British house Atkinsons expands the Atkinsons 1799 Reserve Collection with two new arrivals, Ambre Royal and Midnight Scented Dream, following this ye...
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Tom Hardy loses the dog, keeps the bite for Jo Malone London Cypress & Grapevine
Tom Hardy returns to front Jo Malone London Cypress & Grapevine, this time without his headline-stealing dog. The focus sharpens on a green, architect...
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Thursday Scent: A Dab of Bold Quiet from Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle
Almost-Friday calls for a scent that doesn’t shout, it smolders. I’m marking John Lennon’s birthday with a hush of Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle,...
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Sunlight, Steel, and Soap: Jean‑Claude Ellena Rewrites Puig’s Classic Waters
Puig just unveiled a four‑piece cologne chapter authored by Jean‑Claude Ellena, folding Spain’s barbershop DNA into modern transparency. Three revival...
October 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Shimmer without shouting: my first take on Neil Morris Fragrances Shimmering 2025
Neil Morris is back with Shimmering, a modern floral that refuses to scream to be noticed. It’s airy, polished, and quietly magnetic, the kind of scen...
October 8, 2025 at 07:16 PM
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Good Oud vs Oud Supreme: Bond No. 9’s double oud drop for NYC moods
Bond No. 9 just launched two new oud-centric fragrances, Good Oud and Oud Supreme. The names alone set up a duel of approachable vs maximalist oud, an...
October 8, 2025 at 04:45 PM
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Chocolate That Behaves: Mizensir’s Chocolat Suisse For Holiday Evenings
A chocolate candle that refuses to be sticky-sweet. Mizensir Chocolat Suisse, signed by Alberto Morillas, balances cocoa powder, praline, tonka, patch...
October 8, 2025 at 03:31 PM
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Nutmeg isn’t cute. In perfume, it’s a velvet knife.
Nutmeg has a scandalous past and a surprisingly modern role in fragrance. Here are the best nutmeg-forward perfumes that turn a humble spice into a po...
October 8, 2025 at 02:19 PM
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Octopus Day Scent: A chameleon Guerlain and a nutmeg tease for 10/10
Hump Day meets World Octopus Day, which is exactly the kind of weird I live for. I’m wearing the shape-shifting Guerlain Cologne du 68, and I am linin...
October 8, 2025 at 01:42 PM
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I want my perfume with clay under its nails: Tapputi’s ancient oil returns in Bologna
The oldest recorded perfume recipe is being reconstructed in Bologna, reviving the infused oil of Tappūtī-Bēlat-Ekalle, palace perfumer of ancient Mes...
October 8, 2025 at 01:29 PM
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Smokeshow in Kyoto: My Take on Le Labo Osmanthus 19
Le Labo Osmanthus 19 flips the script on its name. Instead of a sunny floral, this Kyoto City Exclusive reads as incense, resin and clean skin warmth....
October 7, 2025 at 08:51 PM
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Saaqi by Śasva Review: A Silk Road tavern in a bottle
I fell hard for Saaqi by Śasva, a moody, spiced resin-bomb from perfumer Chris Maurice that smells like midnight stories and stained goblets. It is se...
October 7, 2025 at 08:42 PM
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Cire Trudon Holiday 2025 Candles: Fir, Libra, Luna, Nazareth light up the long nights
The 2025 holiday candles from Cire Trudon are trickling into stores, and the lineup leans moody, plush, and quietly grand. I tested the four scents at...
October 7, 2025 at 07:13 PM
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Mezzanotte: Bottega Veneta’s liminal trio Almost Dawn, Goodmorning Midnight, Hinoki
In the new spot titled Mezzanotte, Bottega Veneta teases a trio that reads like a diary of the in-between hours: Almost Dawn, Goodmorning Midnight, an...
October 7, 2025 at 06:22 PM
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Scented Tuesday: A Drop of Après L’Ondée for Jacques Guerlain, With Bombay Breakfast
I marked today with a single drop of Après L’Ondée for Jacques Guerlain and a steaming cup of Bombay Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co. The air...
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Small bottles, big attitude: why perfume minis are running the show in 2025
The fragrance aisle just shrank in the best way. Sephora expanded its mini perfume section by 40%, and Liberty London keeps selling out tiny bottles l...
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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What Heritage Really Smells Like: My Take on Aromas de Salazar’s Discovery Set
Indie perfumery is loud right now, but Aromas de Salazar speaks in a steadier voice, one built on grit and memory. The Heritage Discovery Set reads li...
October 6, 2025 at 01:23 PM
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Drunk on Dark Desire: Sylhouette Parfums Poème Noir by Truong Chieu Sy
A shadowy chypre with a boozy pulse, Sylhouette Parfums Poème Noir is the kind of fragrance that slips past your defenses and writes its name in ink....
October 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Iconic Island by Anjali Perfumes Review: A Green Island That Cuts Through the Noise
Iconic Island by Anjali Perfumes skips the coconut postcard and sails straight into green, sparkling territory. Fir, fresh cut grass, lavender, and gr...
October 4, 2025 at 07:14 PM
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Fall Screen Time, Skin Time: What I’m Spraying For A 3-Day Binge
Long weekend equals long screen sessions, so I’m pairing my fall viewing with perfumes that pull their weight. From smoky gourmand comforts to shadowy...
October 4, 2025 at 04:09 PM
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Ellis Brooklyn goes straight for the jugular with Vanilla Man and Worth Avenue
NY niche house Ellis Brooklyn is launching two men’s fragrances, Vanilla Man and Worth Avenue. The names alone tell a story, and the timing is all abo...
October 4, 2025 at 03:45 PM
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Perfume As Pajamas: Why I Sleep In Scent
I wear perfume to bed, and yes, it helps. Soothing notes and soft skin scents turn my brain down and make the sheets feel like a private cloud, a tric...
October 4, 2025 at 03:06 PM
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I wore Bon Parfumeur 003 for a week and it got under my skin in the best way
A crisp, green-citrus cologne with a quietly sexy backbone, Bon Parfumeur 003 yuzu feuilles de violette vétiver shows how minimalism can still feel pl...
October 3, 2025 at 08:20 PM
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Ink, iron, and a pulse: L’Entropiste’s Ensang Noir arrives
Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour has unveiled Ensang Noir under his own label L’Entropiste, a unisex release with a name that whispers in ink and hums in...
October 3, 2025 at 03:35 PM
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Perfume for your mug: a rose-cocoa fling worth having
I taste-tested Elements Rose Cocoa Mix Drinking Chocolate, and it scratches the gourmand itch that most rose perfumes only flirt with. If you love the...
October 3, 2025 at 03:24 PM
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When Opera Smells Like Adventure - First Look at Amouage Sindbad
Tonight in Muscat, opera meets perfume as Amouage unveils Sindbad in collaboration with the Royal Opera House Muscat. A fragrance diffused through a l...
October 3, 2025 at 02:59 PM
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Parfums de Marly’s next power move: Carios, Eragon, Valero
Parfums de Marly just teased a new chapter with three names that sound like armor clinking in a marble hallway. Meet Carios, Eragon, and Valero, a tri...
October 3, 2025 at 02:44 PM
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Misunderstood Friday: Why Iris Nobile EDT Still Haunts Me
Some perfumes are misread on first sniff and never forgiven. Today I’m wearing a discontinued beauty that deserved better: the sparkling Acqua di Parm...
October 3, 2025 at 01:12 PM
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Crème Ébène Is Not Playing Nice, It’s Playing Smart
I spent a week with Nicolaï Parfumeur-Createur Crème Ébène Eau de Parfum Intense, and it got under my skin in the best possible way. If you crave a wo...
October 3, 2025 at 01:07 PM
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