Perfume Shorts Archives

As announced previously, Jo Malone are preparing to launch a new quatuor of Colognes Intenses this summer from July 2010 which are inspired by the culture of the Middle East but with a dash of British attitude. The Scented Salamander...

Chanel Chance Eau Tendre (lit. Luck Tender Water) is the newest addition to the Chance fragrance franchise which was inaugurated in 2002. The house is presenting the new iteration as a fruity-floral twist on Chance Eau de Parfum (there is...

Starlet by Lulu Beauty comes with two warm recommendations: it's a favorite of its creator who specializes in gardenia perfumes but also of Tori Spelling who even requested that the scent be renamed Stella to give it away to guests...

Daniela Andrier with Infusion de Vetiver by Prada, which just launched, manages to renew our expectations for a vetiver fragrance by making it smell like purity incarnate at first, then the very soul of vetiver descended upon earth. It is...

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A girl helping friend pin a gardenia on her dress before the Smith College Super Dance, 1937 © Time, Inc/Alfred EisenstaedtGardénia Grand Soir is one of the two latest limited-editions by French niche perfumery Parfumerie Générale to appear this spring,...

Bois Naufragé (Shipwrecked Wood) is one of the two new compositions by perfumer Pierre Guillaume from French niche perfumery Parfumerie Générale. It is inspired by the picture entitled Le Nu au Bois Flotté by Lucien Clergue (1971) (see above) the...

Woman Roaring with Laughter as she Undergoes a Head Tapping Session © Arthur Schatz; bottle of Laughter EDT © Space NKI wanted to smell Laughter by Space NK or a long time, for two reasons. One, because it is credited...

Sakura of Fukushima, Commons Wikimedia Of Cherry Blossoms & Foody Notes The Japanese spring ritual dedicated to the aesthetic contemplation of cherry blossoms or sakura has been transplanted to global markets to give birth to a very popular, non-elitist...

Kylie Minogue Couture was launched in 2009 and is the singer's fifth feminine fragrance. She more recently turned to masculine inspiration for a cologne called Inverse. I was asked to give my opinion on some scents for a magazine and...

Mally Roncal is a makeup artist to celebrities, the likes of Beyoncé, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez and many more. She launched a cosmetics line which she sells on QVC and Mally Beauty. She also founded a company called Mally Girl....

Noël au Balcon (lit. Christmas at the Balcony) was initially issued for the Holidays 2007 as a limited-edition fragrance. It has now been included in the permanent collection of Parisian niche perfume house Etat Libre d'Orange.With Christmas 2009 looming, I...

I have been eager to try the perfume named Fo-Ti-Tieng by Marilyn Miglin for the longest of times (in the very fast internet age) but was able to procure it only recently. Life. The buzz it has created in HSN...