We know; you are stressing as you search for the perfect gift this holiday season for your ever-growing gift list. NO! NO! NO! Please don’t (yawn) get anyone a boring bottle of wine, a ho-humbug gift card or an e-certificate. Give something FRAGRANT. Yes, fragrance is very personal, but that is part of its appeal. <... >

New York is a City of Scent. Not just the ubiquitous designer and celebrity scents you find at the suburban malls, but a city that has some of the best fragrance retailers in the country. They find the exotic, the niche, the classic, the artisnal and the up-and-coming cult scents that set the fragrance world <... >

We are honored and pleased to have this opportunity to “gift” our readers with an interview with one of the fragrance world’s most influential master perfumers. Mr. Olivier Creed is the 6th generation of CREED family sons, and perhaps the most influential. The House of CREED has created some of the most experiential and classic <... >

NYC culture dictator/artist, the eccentrically enigmatic Andy Warhol once commented that a fragrance company had inquired about ‘buying’ his aura. “We didn’t think it was possible to package all that the gender-bending Pop Artistry, Warhol represented in scent form”, he said. But NYC perfumer Bond No.9, which creates scents inspired by and as homages to <... >

(Compiled by Michelyn Camen, BN Fragrance Editor and Karen Dubin, Founder of Sniffapalooza) I hate having to make definitive decisions. Inadvertently, I worry. What if I make a mistake? I’ll obsess about it for weeks. I am instinctive and passionate about fragrance, but I also have one nose. Fortunately, I met Karen Dubin, Founder and <... >

Women who rock gotta smell great. So, we’ve paired bands featuring strong indie musicians with unusual scents we think you’ll love. What we found… there’s a scent that “captures” virtually every musical genre/style out there. Check out our handy guide, and hopefully, you’ll walk away having discovered both your new favorite band and your new <... >

Fine wine, cognacs, champagnes and cocktails; have one and we feel just a bit giddy but drink a few and it’s a time to hand the keys to your best friend. Actually, fine wine and spirits have a lot in common with fine fragrance: sillage, complexity, and an indefinable but unmistakable sense of originality. Tequila <... >

I admit it, I love scent and I love clutter. My home has always been a hodgepodge of scented candles and potpourri. Ok, even a Glade plug-in made its way into the bathroom. My newest passion is for room ambience diffusers; with their beautiful bottles, lingering fragrances and reed sticks, there’s a place for good <... >

As Thanksgiving approaches, love and abundance are words that come to mind. A quick whiff of honey, cinnamon, or vanilla is sure to make you reminisce of cozy homes with delectable gourmand treats. This November -everyone at the dining table will be inhaling deeply as they try to determine where these luscious rich scents are <... >

Vera Wang and Kohls. Alice Temperley and Target. Kate Moss and TopShop. Lagerfeld and H&M. A few years ago, those partnerships would seem unthinkable- the equivalent to fashion blasphemy. But in 2007, collaborations between high end fashion designers and icons and mass market retailers are popping up all over the USA, and the above-mentioned pairings <... >

Ahhh…inhale the unique scent of a newborn baby’s head. It’s like nothing else in the world – that is, except for Le Labo’s Ambrette 9. The remarkable Ambrette 9 is based primarily on the ambrette grain from hibiscus, which is the only musky scent made by Mother Nature herself and extremely difficult to find. This <... >

As much as I adore so many of the fragrances I review, I have always dreamt of a bespoke scent as bewitching, as unique and as quirky as…well, me! Friends and colleagues would stop and inquire “You smell amazing. It doesn’t smell familiar, what is it?” I would nonchalantly answer, “Oh, just a little fragrance <... >

We’ll admit freely that we were a bit leery when we learned that Chanel was reformulating its iconic No. 5 After all, it’s been a beloved (perhaps the most beloved) signature scent since 1921, and has a devoted and fashionable following. I mean, according to Marilyn Monroe, Chanel No. 5 is all she wore to <... >

(Guest Writer and the Executive Manager of Sniffapalooza) BN could not join the 20 intrepid fragrance cognoscenti on their voyage à¡ Paris, but fortunately Karen Adams, of www.Sniffapalooza.com (the world wide organization for serious fragrance fans) shared excerpts from her diary exclusively with BN! Saturday, July 7 At the airport gate, our perfumistas assemble from <... >

Sarah Jessica Parker can do no wrong with women the world over. Even if she was arrested in Paris for stealing a bottle of her own perfume from a window display, then thrown into a French jail. Don’t worry; it’s just her TV commercial for her latest scent Covet. SJP is the energizer bunny of <... >

I first discovered In Fiore, an amazing line of balms and solid fragrances, while suffering through yet another “Confiscation of Liquids” check in at the airport, (just how much can YOU stuff into a small Ziploc baggie). BNY girls are resourceful, so I searched for a solid perfume, so I could squeeze a precious few <... >

Open the closet of any NYC woman and grab your flashlight. It’s like peering into a black hole; a sea of black skirts, tops, shoes, bags and pants. And of course, at least one perfect LITTLE BLACK DRESS. Everyone has her favorite LBD. You know the one, you slip it on and in an instant <... >

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller Of all beauty products, perhaps fragrances possess the most magic. Invisible, yet powerful enough to entice, lure and charm. It only takes a whiff or a lingering whisper of someone’s scent to <... >

(with contributions by Brianne Riek) There is a reason people all over the world dream of coming to New York City. And why many BN girls wouldn’t live anywhere else. Maybe it’s the theater, the shopping, the world famous museums, the restaurants, the fashion; NYC is a city that indulges and sometimes challenges all five <... >

Purple-loving rock legend Prince has always been a bit of enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a question mark. From his soft-spoken voice, to that time he changed his name to a symbol for which he did not provide a pronunciation, to his brilliant fusion of crackling rock ‘n roll and dancey pop, the <... >