Fragrant Readings Archives

Check out Tony Burfield's very interesting column about the state of today's perfumery."In fact, the art of perfumery could now be declared dead at this point, to be replaced by an expensive piece of computer software."Perfumers and the 40th IFRA...

 Osmoz has a very interesting series of interviews of some of the new generation of perfume designers. They have interviewed Le Labo, Céline Ellena, Juliette Has A Gun, Aurélien Guichard, Stéphanie de Saint Aignan, Etat Libre d'Orange, Marie Salamagne,...

Mario Girard has an article on vetiver perfumes, their history, and the use of the different types of vetivers in perfumery with comments by perfumer Nathalie Lorson who recently created Encre Noire by Lalique.Parfums: Fou de Vétiver He also interviews...

 The Washington Post has published an article about the details of the creation or rather re-creation of M.A. Sillage de la Reine (please see my review of the fragrance), the perfume of Marie Antoinette, by Francis Kukrdjian, an enterprise...

J'Adore J'Adore by Melanie Adrian Growing into a new scent was much like changing favourite colors or genres of music. Although a seemingly insignificant adjustment not perceptible to most, for me, the change in perfume marked an important shift...

 Fragrances of the World/Parfums du Monde 2007 by Michael Edwards is out this month. This reference book is published annually; in this 23rd edition, Edwards undertakes a "preliminary analysis of the 2006 launches, compared to 2005 and 1996." Perfume...

The blog Blather - Rinse - Repeat has a new line of scented candles to offer:New Scented Candles From Blather - Rinse - Repeat ...

  Two new publications on perfumes are now available.The first one called Le Printemps de Guerlain is by author Maryline Desbiolles and is also available in an English version called Spring at Guerlain........

 Following the controversy over the advertising use of the smell of freshly baked cookies in five bus-shelters in San Francisco, John Brownlee from the Table of Malcontents reacts by showing the (relative) popularity of Smell-O-Vision in US history.......

Film critic Michael Guillen did a great interview with director Tom Tykwer, which was published on his blog, The Evening Class - and on Twitch. Here's an excerpt from the interview (translated from the German), where Tykwer offers his...

  Jean Claude Ellena wrote a short olfactory tale some years ago describing his impressions at Christmas. Au Féminin has reprinted it.......

   If you ever wondered what is the best way to apply perfume onto your skin please go read my response to Gretchen on the Beauty Hatchery as well as those of other writers.......

Notcot, one of my favorite design catalogues, ran a piece recently about a Smelling Committee that was set up in 1891 to investigate the olfactory identity of Brooklyn. This makes for a delightful and interesting read. The article is...