Perfume tips and insights
There's a quiet revolution happening in perfumery, and it smells like almost nothing—at least at first. While mainstream fragrance houses continue their arms race of ever-more-complex compositions (seventy notes! A...
There's a certain kind of fragrance that doesn't walk into a room—it makes an entrance. Louis Vuitton's Ombre Nomade is that fragrance. Launched in 2018 as the house's first oud-centric...
Chicago isn't supposed to be a fragrance city. Not in the way Paris is, or even New York. It's a place of brutal winters, industrial grit, and Midwestern practicality—a city...
From the niche perfumeries of Wynwood to the custom scent studios of Coral Gables, Miami has developed a fragrance culture as vibrant and complex as the city itself. Here's what...
There's a particular pressure to Valentine's Day gift-giving that doesn't exist with other occasions. A birthday allows for practicality. Christmas permits variety. But Valentine's Day demands romance—or at least the...
There's a particular theater to shopping on Rodeo Drive that borders on religious experience. The marble floors gleam like church altars. Crystal chandeliers cast a soft glow that makes everyone...
There's a certain audacity to blind buying fragrance. It's the olfactory equivalent of agreeing to a blind date, booking a holiday to a destination you've only seen in photographs, or...
The first Comme des Garçons fragrance I ever encountered smelled like a electrical fire in a flower shop. This was 1998, I was standing in Liberty's perfume hall, and the...
There's a particular shade of grey that exists only in Stockholm during November—not quite dove, not quite charcoal, but something altogether more nuanced. It's precisely this appreciation for the spaces...
Living in Los Angeles means embracing sunshine 284 days a year, coastal breezes that sweep through Venice Beach, and dry heat that can make the Valley feel like a desert...
In the refined world of luxury perfumery, a select category of fragrances has emerged as the ultimate power accessory—the elusive "beast mode" scent. These olfactory powerhouses aren't for the faint...
Ladies (and gents), let's get real for a hot minute: finding your signature scent is like finding the perfect pair of jeans—nearly impossible but totally life-changing when it happens. Enter...
