Beatnik Winter is coming. Not my favourite time of year, with some exceptions: Ginger bread, stews, soups and other heavy food, Christm...

Dries van Noten & Frederic Malle A designer perfume usually describes a fragrance created for and marketed by a fashion or beauty l...

So here I am with my first blog related dilemma. While the discussion is still out whether perfume is an art form on it's own, artist...

So, where do you go for your perfume shopping? Department store, independent boutiques, online or in person? Do you try to get samples be...

Cities and perfumes have one thing in common: They sell dreams. Whether they are mythical or real, cities inspire us, bring out...

In my childhood photo album there is a picture showing me all dolled up in a red velvet dress, white knee socks and black patent leather...

Not a perfume review, but an announcement to an event I am very much looking forward to at the lovely Roullier White perfume shop on Lordshi...

If you ask people who neither know nor care much about perfume to describe a scent you will undoubtedly hear " like flowers...like a...

..it probably is. Yeah, I have heard that often. Often enough? Probably not.  Joy by Jean Patou, £20 for 30 ml Eau de Parfum. From a...

L'Air du Désert Marocain . Even if you've never been to the Moroccan desert, it's difficult not to have an image of sand and ...

Bertrand Duchauf0ur is regarded by many as the best perfumeur of our time and it’s always exciting to try his creations to see w...

It often makes for a good reading when a perfume provokes strong worded descriptions, in a devastating movie review sort of way. I tend ...

On a recent trip to Selfridges I stumbled across a huge stall, manned by 3 people offering the latest/newest/resurrected Yohji Ya...

The Great British Summer is a rare beast. It's quintessentially shit, but moaning about it is de rigeur, marks you out as a foreign...