Why do people use perfume? Men and women alike have their reasons for using fragrances. Some just like to smell good, and smelling good enhances their well-being. Some use perfume to make a grand statement as they enter a room and to leave an impression as they go out. Some enhance their natural scent with … Read More →
Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Somerset House Iam on a road trip, somewhere hot and dry. Arizona, maybe, or Texas. I stop the car, open the door into the breeze and, while the cicadas play drums to the song on the radio, the roadside scents of grass and hot asphalt and … Read More →
A sugar daddy dating site has launched a range of perfumes for rich men seeking younger girlfriends. Arrangement.com’s fragrances are targeted at ‘sugar daddies’ and ‘sugar babies’ looking to attract a partner. They promise their new perfumes will ‘make your senses waltz to a pheromonic symphony’ and spark a ‘revolution of passion’. Currently only available … Read More →
Boss Ma Vie Pour Femme is a fresh and fulfilling fragrance, with top notes of cactus blossom accord that captures the green freshness of the desert plant. At the heart, suave pink freesia and jasmine petals blend with rosebud. And finally, the intense warmth of sheer woods and cedarwood forms the base of the fragrance. … Read More →
Light, fresh and slightly masculine, the Italian fruit invigorates these four new perfumes. Photo Diana Vreeland Vivaciously Bold In February 1969, as the editor in chief of Vogue, Diana Vreeland wrote in a four-page memo on perfume: “I think men’s scents are wonderful for women … they have such character and are so marvelously clean.” … Read More →
Victoria’s Secret has launched The Trend Collection Rose, the second quartet (the first was Citrus) in a projected series of limited edition seasonal fragrances. The fragrances include Rose Violet, Rose Caramel, Rose Bergamot and Rose Musk. Rose Violet (shown) ~ Floral. “The scent of the moment: crisp cedarwood and violet modernize classic rose, making this … Read More →
Comptoir Sud Pacifique has launched Coeur d’Ylang and Rhum & Tabac, and has reissued a new version of 1977’s Vétyver Haïti. Coeur d’Ylang ~ “A feminine, round and sunny fragrance with a refined sensuality. In the pure tradition of Comptoir Sud Pacifique, with a know how that only belongs to the Parisian Maison de Parfum, … Read More →