The Fragrant Products of Special Note section features great scents light enough to be spritzers, as well as products apart from perfume. Here you’ll find body lotions, candles, soaps, oils, balms, and fragrant butters – anything aromatic of fine quality. Flowerbomb’s Bomblicious Body Lotion by Holland’s Viktor & Rolf is astounding. Not only does it <... >
A signature scent is as essential to your personal style as a pair of sexy, strappy heels, the perfect bling-bling necklace, or even the highlights in your hair. Your scent can enter a room before you, and linger long after you’ve gone. It makes an impression. It’s an important, delicate balance, a representation of your <... >
Les Bains du Marais offers a rare treat for rose lovers: Rose Confiture. What could be better at reminding us of late summer when the weather turns chilly than the scent of a red rose blossom? Made of pure rose oil, this heavenly fragrance also imparts a subtle glow to skin, and can be used <... >
Crisp cotton bed linens. Your boyfriend’s freshly washed, white pocket tee. A luscious, soapy lather and or beads of water on your soaking wet skin during your morning shower. Fluffy warm towels, pulled straight from the dryer or drying in the sun on a brisk early Fall morning. Slipping between the sheets after a long <... >
September marks the debut of A-Line, a new monthly feature that highlights one special perfume among a roster of lauded fragrance collections. The perfume houses chosen for the A-Line column represent the very best in perfume manufacturers: quality, innovation, experimentation, expertise and a certain elusive, mysterious élan that sets them apart. Each month, a different <... >
With autumn comes a return to substance and texture, and your perfume should be able to live up to your couture. Shelve your light scents and get just a touch more serious, but don’t hamper your high spirits. Here’s a roundup to smooth the way into fall, fragrance first: Mirium Mirani: A mix of subtle <... >
Decleor Arome Spa Tonic Tonifying Body Treatment: This fragrant mist with plant extract and essential oils is a simple spray to soften and energize your skin-which also happens to smell green, fresh, and clean. Essential oils soften and calm the skin, ginseng revitalizes and vitamins heal and replenish. The fragrance’s top notes include rhubarb accord-delightful!-and <... >
Jo Malone of London is noted chiefly as a quality perfume line that utilizes the very best of what nature has to offer. But this brilliant perfume line is much more: it’s also a brand that supports breast cancer research. This year, Jo Malone will again donate a minimum of $10,000 from the sale of <... >
A red dress is emblematic of vibrant femininity, and the perfume of the same name boldly lives up to the image. What’s more, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of Red Dress perfume, which is sold exclusively at www.perfumania.com, go directly to the American Heart Association. Heart disease is currently the most pervasive killer <... >
Recently, WWD reported on the celebrity fragrance trend and the soon-to-be dueling pop stars Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez, who announced upcoming fragrance launches. What was once a sector reserved for experienced cosmetic companies has now become the must-have item that marks the point when an entertainer has reached stardom – or in other interpretations, <... >
Eucalyptus-scented San Francisco is one of the ideal places in America to base a great perfume company, so elizabethW is well-situated, and certainly lives up to the challenge. Founded by former-architect Albert Nichols and his partner Michael Lindsay, who holds a law degree, the company was named after Nichols’ inspiring great-grandmother, Elizabeth Wightman. The elegant <... >
I’ve been in search of an ideal set of supplementary fragrance products for some time now. You’re asking yourself…what is a supplementary fragrance product and why would I be in a frenzy to find one? Alors! mes enfants, Im going to tell you all about it. Summertime is hot, sticky, humid, bare skin, and lots <... >
Fresh Sake, anyone? This addictive fragrance is delicate and velvety. Infused with langsat fruit, citrus and peach absolute, it has a burst of white flowers and a powdery amber/sandalwood dry-down. Add to the mix a touch of vanilla and musk, along with a pinch of osmanthus, and you have the perfect June fragrance for strolling <... >
The grand affairs and formal settings for weddings require the very best you can offer, so your fragrance should live up to the big moment. Here are some extraordinary fragrances that will compliment your taste, your luminous beauty, and your memorable moments before and after taking your vows. Sabi by Henry Dunay, is a rich <... >
Weddings are as varied as a formal indoor ceremony with pomp and circumstance, and a trip to the beach with champagne glasses in tow, so your bridal fragrance should match your setting. These are light, fun, exciting scents that impart energy and optimism, appropriate for brides who want a flexible, more casual affair, yet still <... >
Les Bains du Marais’ Fleur d’Oranger is the ideal way to welcome spring with fragrance. This sweet, uncloying floral is Parisian, and hails from the chic historic Marias district. All of the Les Bains du Marais products honor age-old fragrance traditions, and are made in limited batches. As spring blossoms around you, savor the mixture <... >
The Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella in Firenze recently opened a store in New York City, at 285 Lafayette Street in Soho, so we can revel in the fragrances that Italians have loved for centuries. Especially unusual and heaven-sent are the pomegranate and orange blossom colognes. The pomegranate is called Melograno, and is culled from <... >
It’ll behoove you to keep your fragrances on the light side when the weather warms up, and these two new revitalizing scents will add some spring to your step as well as your perfume collection. Le Couvent des Minimes is a debut fragrance by the joint arrangement of L’Occitane and Bath & Body Works. At <... >
If you’ve never heard of Editions de Parfums from Frederic Malle, read closely, you’re in for a treat. Frederic Malle has enabled a collection of distinctive perfumes by individual craftsman perfumers that may very well be some of the best on the planet. Luxurious perfumes have become rarer since “noses” (perfumers) have been constrained by <... >
Remember that perfume you were crazy about in college, or on your honeymoon in Tunisia, or when still married to your madcap first husband? Did you really love your mother’s Odalisque and wish you could inhale it again? You can reach back in time to experience fragrances of the past through www.longlostperfume.com, and you won’t <... >
