Making perfect scents! For its new genderbending fragrance, Boy Chanel, the Parisian house’s perfumer Olivier Polge drew inspiration from Coco Chanel’s lover and benefactor, Arthur Capel, whose nickname was Boy. “My way of working on this fragrance was really not to try to make a unisex fragrance but really more to dive into men’s 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 →

Mankind Hero is the latest masculine fragrance by Kenneth Cole. Mankind Hero Mankind Hero contains top notes of italian lemon and coriander seeds; a heart of plum wood, lavender, clary sage and vanilla; and the dry down features coumarin, amber woods, white moss and musks.”Heroes come in many forms – those who fight to make Read More →

Portland’s newest perfumery, Fumerie, has opened its doors at 3588 SE Division street in the Richmond area. The owner and founder is Tracy Tsefalas who has 25 years of experience in the industry. Under the tutelage of Chris T.Tsefalas (of Portland’s Perfume House, founded in 1985), she has refined an extensive smell memory. At her Read More →

Australia-based miner Rio Tinto named Jean-Sébastien Jacques as its new chief executive beginning July 2016. Jacques is taking the place of company chief executive Sam Walsh, who’s retiring from the business. Jacques recently joined Rio Tinto’s board as deputy chief executive to ensure a smooth transition. Commenting on his appointment, Jacques said: “Rio Tinto is Read More →