Marilyn Monroe famously said she wore nothing but Chanel No 5 to bed – and it seems the scent is just as popular with millions of other women. New data has revealed it has been the bestselling perfume in Britain for 25 years and perfume experts believe it makes women more attractive. The scent was released … Read More →
I genuinely enjoy seeing perfume campaigns and reading the accompanying press releases. The excess, theatrics, anthropomorphism and general overuse of OTT imagery appeal greatly to my melodramatic soul. Understandably, not everyone is aware that descriptions like “a phoenix rising from the ashes” are merely industry speak for a spicy, bold fragrance, so here are my … Read More →
Open the bottle and drench in it. Easy. Breezy. Beautiful! But how do you make sure the perfume lasts long? Answer: By knowing where to spray. Pulse points, hot points or whatever the hell you may call them, are ass-savers in ensuring the whiff lasts all day. To smell as fresh as the morning, even … Read More →
Fragrances, Berlin Fragrances is the world’s first dedicated perfume cocktail bar which boasts a collection of 30 cocktails inspired by the finest perfumes from the likes of Giorgio Armani, Bulgari, and Guerlain. Located in the opulent Ritz-Carlton Berlin, customers begin a sensorial journey when they enter a hallway flanked by exhibits of the perfumes with cocktail ingredients encased in bell … Read More →
Perfume is ubiquitous in Grasse, a medieval town in the south of France that produces many of the flowers used to concoct the earliest fragrances. As demonstrated by the three books below, the industry has inspired much analysis, and these writers offer readers insight into the back-room deals, ingredients and people involved. PERFUMES The A-Z … Read More →
The sheets of an unmade bed are soaked in a familiar and mildly rebarbative scent. A child at his school’s “show and tell” session informs his classmates that when you smell something, it means bits of it have gone up your nose – which is why you should never go in the bathroom straight after your … Read More →
Bibliophiles know that sitting back with a book can transport you to another world in a matter of seconds. Your imagination is widened with each flip of the page, and at the last sentence, you can’t wait to start the magical experience all over again. But that’s not just the case for novels. Perfume connoisseurs … Read More →