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For people who love food and food books, there is one destination not to be missed this week with the Festival du Livre Culinaire taking place in Paris at the Centquatre (104) from March 7th to March 11th 2012. In...

This is yet another picture taken last year during the spring in Paris. Right now the weather is overcast, rainy, and it's still officially winter at any rate. I wonder how the ivy has grown since a year ago and...

This picture was actually taken last year. One of the great pleasures of living in Paris is to take whimsical strolls throughout its streets. I am always surprised to discover "new doors" by which I mean, doors that have existed...

With rapidly expanding markets for natural and organic perfumes, some Grasse perfume industry insiders are seeing a new opportunity profiling itself on the horizon for the former craddle of perfumery. The Southern French city has long been reputed for its...

Today and as announced previously, a new perfume destination in London was inaugurated, the Illuminum Fragrance Lounge, which houses Michael Boadi Illuminum collections of scents. Within that label, a new library of perfumes was created entitled Illuminum Haute Perfume which...

Michael Boadi of perfume brands Boadicea the Victorious and more recently, Illuminum, will open one of the world's largest independent perfumeries in London's Mayfair, reports the Daily Mail. The new place is called The Perfume Lounge; it wants to provide...

The city of Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province in Eastern China holds a month-long festival each year in October which is dedicated to the iconic flower, Osmanthus Fragrans. It is one of the most delicate and costly floral scents to...

Le Musée International de la Parfumerie in Grasse will organize a conference on October 17 and 18, 2011 entitled Parfums et Amour ( Perfumes and Love.) The two-day event will host a series of talks. There are three main parts...

The Champs-Elysées set the stage for Paris Nature Capitale in May 2010 as it became covered with greenery...and people.We've been thinking for ages of setting up a perfume calendar as the press releases have become more and more precise regarding...

Fragrance and Fashion meet today on the streets of New York. More concretely speaking, there is currently a Wrap Rally taking place in New York City to call attention to the launch of the new perfume by Diane Von Furstenberg,...

There will be a few more reasons to go visit the Château de Versailles after La Cour des Senteurs and Le Jardin des Senteurs open in the spring of 2013, right near the castle in a new urban space officially...

 The Château de Malmaison, Joséphine de Beauharnais' former abode, is hosting a special olfactory discovery itinerary on the castle's grounds called Jeu des Senteurs until mid-September 2011. These smelling "games" were inaugurated at the beginning of the summer and have...

 WWD announced this morning that Bluefly.com is now opened for perfume business offering up to 40% discount on luxury, prestige fragrance brands. “Our fashion-conscious customers view fragrances as an extension of fashion and personal style,” said Melissa Payner, president and...

  The Osmothèque in Versailles is a relatively little known resource that can be tapped into by the general public who want to be more versed in the history of perfumery. Erudition shouldn't be considered off-putting as it is supported by...