May ‘flowers’ with new fragrances from a few of our favorite niche and fine fragrance perfumeries. I am fascinated by an unassuming Swiss perfumer who ‘paints’ fragrances at his lab in Zurich. His name is Andy Tauer and if you are not familiar with his scents, they are among the most beautiful fragrances I have <... >

There are two types of women in Manhattan; Bergdorf Goodman shoppers and women who love fragrance who will become Bergdorf Goddman devotees. While the store’s wonderful and expensive array of fashion and accessories may not be in the budget this week, everyone, and I mean everyone must own at least one fragrance from the House <... >

“Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.”- Charles Baudelaire Kilian Hennessy, the soft spoken and charming ‘scentsation” behind the By Kilian fragrance brand, could easily have walked out of 19th century France, realized that PDAs and cell phones are extremely <... >

Pearls are prized for their luster and rarity. Likewise, Perles de Lalique will enchant spicy chypre lovers with its notes of bergamot and pepper highlighting rose and iris. This is a nice chypre,(oak moss, vetiver, and patchouli), BUT the flacon…the perfume is housed in one of the most exceptional flacons we have seen this year. <... >

I usually pass on most white flower scents- the gardenias, the jasmines and the tuberoses. I find them overwhelming or not quite right for my particular chemistry (unless used in a supporting role). Ladies, love your Fracas, celebrate your Carnal Flowers, and inhale the jasmine in your A la Nuit, but I reach for fragrances <... >

I am not an uptown girl (nosebleeds above 60th street). But I have friends who are, and they swear by Clyde’s On Madison for ALL their beauty needs. But what can make a pharmacy worth the trip to 74th and Madison, when you can find pretty much what you are looking for in your own <... >

Save the Poison, the Dirt and who’s canoodling Between The Sheets for water cooler Gossip, not for wearing in the workplace. Climbing the corporate ladder takes hard work, political finesse and being the best at what you do. Never mind the overbearing boss (unless of course you are the boss), or the mountains of paperwork. <... >

BN: Let’s start with the 800 lb gorilla in the interview. Why did you name such a sublime line of scents “CB I HATE PERFUME”? CB: Back in 1992 when I was planning my first company, I wrote a manifesto for myself explaining why I was making perfume in the first place. Since my training <... >

Beginning in October and ending somewhere around February 1st, a fragrance editor needs a break. I am meticulous about testing every scent we write about, so I personally road test at least ten fragrances a day. There are times when I feel like I cannot smell another thing. As the new fragrance releases for Spring <... >

When Angel was introduced in 1992, it broke every rule of what fragrance should smell like; look like and how it should be packaged. Today, the original fragrance is still among the top 15 best selling fragrances in the world. Thierry Mugler is a maverick in fragrance. He is a creator of dreams and continues <... >

He is a record producer, three-time Grammy Award-winning performer, writer, fashion designer, actor, singer; and now this entertainment mogul is becoming a major force in the world of fragrance world. The prerequisite tall, dark and handsome, he has ‘it’. Who better to send you (our “you put the B” in Beauty News readers), a special <... >

Whether handwritten and stored in a special box, or encrypted in emails, nothing stirs the heart like a love letter. From your special one, a love note is more than just a message. This Valentine’s Day, we selected scents whose very names include the most powerful word we know and —LOVE! His notes are postmarked <... >

For Valentines Day, there’s nothing like the sweet (and bittersweet) smell of romance. “The scent of fresh lilacs floating on the early evening breeze” is the way award winning perfumer Ineke Ruhland describes her After My Own Heart fragrance. Ineke, the founder of her eponymous fragrance company, is based in San Francisco and is a <... >

Have you ever been intimidated by what seems to be miles and miles of products that line the shelves of department stores and mega-beauty chains? Have you ever wanted to find a signature or special new scent, but didn’t have the time (or the skin space) to test hundreds of fragrances? BN has found your <... >

Your Christmas stockings might have been overflowing with bottles of your signature perfume, but if one of your New Year’s resolutions is to make a big life change, why not start with fragrance? Shock your friends and family by changing things up and cause a few heads to turn in your direction. With this month’s <... >

In this day and age, where pharmacare is a cheap substitute for “therapy”, there are more stressed out anxiety ridden New Yorkers who take daily doses of ‘Happy Pills’ to make it through the day. (Note: If you have been diagnosed with depression, chronic anxiety or attention deficit disorder by taking a test online or <... >

Love it, or hate it; there is no doubt that Angel by Thierry Mugler is one of the most influential fragrances to debut during the past twenty years. Quite possibly, Angel changed the direction of fragrance forever– with its ‘no flowers at all’ formulation. According to Jonathan Zrihen, CEO & President of Clarins Group US, <... >

Chandler Burr took the road less traveled and ended up on a scented path. Trained in international economics, Japanese political economy and language–he has a Masters from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and began his journalism a stringer in The Christian Science Monitor’s Southeast Asia bureau. Somewhat by chance Burr became known for <... >

New York is as close to Paris as an American city can be, and tucked away in Nolita is Le Labo, as authentic a Parisian fragrance boutique as they come. Founded by two previously corporate fragrance executives, Le Labo was designed to be an intimate, non commercial boutique. With a sister shop in Grasse — <... >

Since antiquity, ambergris, now referred to as amber, has been one of the most valued perfume ingredients. Labeled an aphrodisiac with mystical powers, it is said that solid ambergris will retain its perfume for three centuries or more. It used as a bottom note in many memorable fragrances for men and women. Amber dates back <... >