Perfume tips and insights
There's a particular audacity to Yves Saint Laurent that has always set the house apart. The man who put women in tuxedos and scandalised polite society with sheer blouses understood...
There's a particular kind of disappointment that comes with reaching for your favorite fragrance only to discover it smells like something dredged from the back of a vintage store. Perhaps...
New York City has quietly become one of the world's great fragrance destinations. From century-old apothecaries to Brooklyn indie upstarts, here's where to smell your way through the five boroughs....
Look, we love a good designer perfume as much as the next person, but dropping $300 on a bottle of Chanel? In this economy? Hard pass. The good news is...
There's something almost absurd about a Parisian luxury house trying to bottle California. The land of juice cleanses, perpetual sunshine, and people who say "vibes" without irony doesn't exactly scream...
The democratization of luxury fragrance has entered its messy middle era. Three brands—Dossier, Tuoksu, and Oakcha—have each staked a claim in the "smell expensive without the expense" territory, but they've...
There's something almost unfair about the power of a good fragrance. You could spend an hour perfecting your hair, another forty-five minutes on makeup, and squeeze into that dress you've...
In the gleaming towers of Toronto's Financial District, something unexpected is happening. Between power lunches and portfolio reviews, Canada's most influential tastemakers are abandoning their designer fragrances for something altogether...
Picture this: You're sipping your oat milk cortado at Nemesis in Gastown (obviously in your reusable cup), wearing your ethically-sourced merino wool sweater, fresh from hot yoga, and someone compliments...
Listen up, Toronto. We need to talk about that guy in your office who bathes in Axe body spray like it's 2003 and he's heading to a high school dance....
How a generation raised on department stores discovered there's a better way to smell expensive Picture this: It's 2015. You're 25, fresh to NYC, making $65k (which seemed like so...
There's a moment every Williamsburg resident knows well. You're at Smorgasburg, debating between the ramen burger and that impossible-to-pronounce Georgian cheese boat, when someone walks by trailing a scent that...
