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Shower of Stars - Angel by Mugler Angel in Photographs Inspired by Perfume © CHANT WAGNER Re-Examining a Forgotten Facet of Perfume History of the 1970s-1980s, Before Mugler Angel - My Very Personal Essay Current wisdom has it that...

Just Summer - Stalks & Bars © CHANT WAGNER 2016 Five Unexpected Summertime Olfactory Life-Savers ≈ Rhubarb, Vetiver, Licorice, Oud and Chypre When it's almost too hot to wear perfume, but then you think that perhaps perfumery could help...

Macadam & Flowers © CHANT WAGNER 2016 How I Re-Established my Relationship with Perfumes this Summer, in 7 States of Mind & Scented Eurêkas Here are my bullet points of perfume wisdom: • Randomness ....of discoveries Taking a break...

The Smell of Monsieur Kaplan's Bookstore One of the most characteristic smells of my childhood that I can recall distinctively from an early age is that of the strange aroma which permeated the now defunct bookstore of "Monsieur Kaplan" located...

Market Valentine Roses in Paris © Chant Wagner Smell Me Now! The Scent of a Woman ca. 2015 is at a Turning Point As the end of 2015 nears, it is time to look back at the year that's...

Smelling Paintings © 2015 Chant Wagner On Saturday October 3, 2015 took place an innovative interactive experiment at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris involving both the senses of sight and smell. On the occasion of the Nuit Blanche,...

"Au milieu de l'hiver, j'apprenais enfin qu'il y avait en moi un été invincible." - Albert Camus "In the middle of winter, I was finally learning that in me lived an invincible summer." - Albert Camus (Our translation) The...

Voyage de noces à l'hôtel des Alpes © Jacques-Henri Lartigue It might be overly ambitious to start a treatise on love as experienced through our interactions with perfume. A more modest attempt would be to recount how a most...

If Shakespeare had worked with perfumers...A new play in London is also an experiment in olfactory theatre...

  Poiret Perfumery / Parfumerie PoiretThe Way of Perfume-Counter HoppingA perfume blogger is bound to follow the industry launch rhythms. Once in a while, it's good to go back to the basics by engaging in perfume counter hopping. In the...

The goddess Strenia, the goddess of New Year's gifts is the one offering a crown and a mantle to a man* January 9, 2014 - Having taken the first steps on the faintly echoing scented trail left by the...

Circe Invidiosa by Waterhouse - Circe is the goddess of plants, drugs and charms When researching new ways to celebrate the dawning of a New Year with scent besides wearing golden-haloed perfumes and ones making you think of Champagne,...