Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to treat yourself to something special. Victoria’s Secret Mood Candles provide the perfect way to relax while engulfed in mood-altering aroma. Choose between sweet fig, Hidden Fire/amber, Succulant/blackberry spice, Slow Melt.dark chocolate, Yearn/creamy gardenia, Beguiling/bright freesia, and Hunger/crisp apple. All of these whet the appetite and set <... >

British designer Paul Smith has unveiled a new fragrance, simply dubbed Paul Smith Floral. Paul Smith Floral is a fruity floral mix designed to invoke the flower power spirit of the 70s. That may be so, but this universally flattering fragrance is chic enough for elegant ladies, hipsters, and barefoot hippie chicks! The flirty top <... >

HAKANSSON has just launched The Scent, a pure, unique-smelling skin fragrance designed to bridge the gap between fragrance and nourishing skin care. Created by celeb makeup artist Katarina Hakansson, and devoid of alcohol, The Scent is made with milk, fresh freesia and lilac florals, orange and lime, soft musk, clary sage, bergamot and hydrating skin <... >

Friends and loved ones will feel like royalty when receiving Alexander McQueen’s My Queen this season. This fragrant elixir is indeed fit for a queen, with a kaleidoscopic mixture of Parma violet, sweet almond, white musk, heliotrope, white flowers, powder, Florentine iris, vanilla, orange blosom absolute, cedar, patchouli and vetiver. The result is a dazzling, <... >

Anyone serious about fragrance, or buying perfume as a gift, absolutely must check out http://www.luckyscent.com. This is the source for many of the rarest, finest, or most interesting perfumes in the world. For the holidays, wrap yourself in one of the perfumes on this site. I recommend Nanadebary Bronze, which is light for daytime use, <... >

Staying true to form, Burberry has designed a fabulous new scent tocomplement their Brit line. Burberry Brit Gold is a limited edition fragrance now available for the holiday season. Spray this scent and be enveloped in rich scents of magnolia, neroli, black currant and bergamot, and then subtle notes of pink orris, amber and sandalwood <... >

In our chaotic, commercial world, fragrances are the last place I’d expect to encounter spirituality. While the term aromacology may be new, the philosophy is not. As referenced in our hand cream article, the term refers to the connection between scent and mood. Kenzo’s latest fragrance, FlowerByKenzo Oriental, reminds us there are temperaments between elation <... >

Thanks to the Fragrance Foundation, New Yorkers were celebrating all things fragrant last month from October 17 through the 22nd, and engaging in a series of events that made sense of scents, spotted trends in the industry, doled out awards, and offered a variety of scent seminars. A citywide public art installation of over-sized perfume <... >

How many times a year do you receive perfume you end up regifting? You know, the process whereby you rewrap it and give it to someone else because you wouldn’t dare leave your building wearing it. It happens to me all the time, but now that my friends are blue in the face listening to <... >

Parfums Caron’s Tabac Blond New Yorkers have a lot to feel thankful for this month, including Manhattan’s Parfums Caron Boutique, the charming jewel box nestled in all of its splendor near Hermes and Floris on the upper east side at 675 Madison Avenue. Stopping here to sample the Caron perfumes from Baccarat crystal perfume urns <... >