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The New Port of Call for Thirsty Perfumistas  The Ritz Carlton, Berlin has opened a new Fragrances Bar which was inspired by Bar Manager Arnd Henning Heissen's exploration of perfume stores in Berlin and the possibilities fine fragrances yield for...

An exhibition consecrated to French writer Pierre Loti (1850-1923) at Quai Branly entitled "J'Arrive, J'Aime, Je M'en Vais"* is the opportunity for the recreation of a long lost fragrance called Loti Rose d'Amour, 1913** - the name of a...

L'Osmothèque are organizing a lecture on Les Fixateurs Animaux or "Animalic Fixatives" by Bernard Bourgeois on May 14, 2013. The technical title reveals a questioning about their gradual erasing from the perfumer's palette from the 19th century until today...

This morning, we got a lovely, unnatural, yet distinctly present whiff of warm biscuits in the métro in-between two stations and realized it's the RATP madeleine accord created by perfumer Pierre Nuyens......

And now we invite you to a moment of Sunday contemplation. Paris has inspired so many souls to live a better life thanks to its beauty. Not far from this spot which caught our eye thanks to its palette of...

The other day as I was walking past a porte cochère (gate) in Paris, I must have been attracted by the golden aura that softly radiated from within an inner courtyard, spilling into a long, dark corridor separating a discreet...

  One of the trandemark plants you can spot on Parisian balconies are geranium pots. In fact, strike that. It is the plant of the balconies. Thought to repel insects thanks to their citronella accents, people no longer maybe...