Fragrance

All the latest in the best fragrances to try and add to your collection.

Reincarnating the Beloved Lost Perfume

Remember that perfume you were crazy about in college, or on your honeymoon in Tunisia, or when still married to your madcap first husband? Did you really love your mother’s Odalisque and…

Smell This! A Guide To Alternative Home Fragrances

We sometimes need new and creative ways to fragrance our home. We layer fragrance in our perfumes, body lotions, and powders- why not in the living room, kitchen, and bedroom as well?…

What’s Your Perfume Style?

“Pleasure is the flower that passes, remembrance, the lasting perfume” – Jean de Boufflers Scent is one of our most personal aspects. We each have individual likes, dislikes, and outright aversions. It’s…

How to Wear Perfume

Whether to don soft floral or woodsy citrus is not the only question when wearing perfume. Are there places on the body where perfume is more effective? How long do various types…

Jo Malone: from London Gardens to You

In 1650 Christina of Sweden said “Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.” And if Jo Malone‘s fragrances were personified, they would be the most…

Floris – The Art of Fragrance

My boyfriend is on what I like to call “the 1992 Diet” – all carbs, no fat. I have to fight the urge to pry the bagel from his mouth and shove…

Perfumes With A Heart

A red dress, a rose, and giving are all symbolic of Valentine’s Day, and Perfumania and the Five Star Fragrance Company have covered all three with their new fragrance Red Dress. All…

Demeter Fragrances Has The Recipe for Scent Success

Christopher Gable loves to cook, and as co-founder and vice president of marketing for the Demeter Fragrance Library, his culinary abilities have come in handy. Over the years, his hobby and his…

“Scents and the City” from Bond No. 9

Park Avenue Princesses are finally indulging in their downtown alter-egos and East Village hipsters are thoroughly enjoying the lush milieu of Central Park – all without having to cross the great divide…