Until now, I’ve been ambivalent towards Tom Ford‘s Neroli Portofino (2011). On the one hand, I’ve always felt suspicious about and appalled by its price (£145 for 50 ml as…
A few weeks ago, I appeared on BBC Hereford & Worcester’s Malcolm Boyden show to share my thoughts on some research that had just been published about that dear old…
When Karine Bouin’s Peau De Bête pounced on us last year, it elicited a fair number of gasps, with several writers stating they were overwhelmed by its scandalous dosage of…
Here’s the third and final part of the latest compilation of mini-reviews. Fresh Couture from Moschino (2015)* Yes, the bottle is original & chuckle-worthy. The scent is a cliched mandarin-floral…
Ever since the Maison Martin Margiela brand made its perfume debut – and won considerable critical acclaim – with Daniela Andrier‘s Untitled, critics and commentators have appeared reluctant to write…
Lalique‘s Encre Noire enjoys what you might call a god-like status in the perfume community. Not long after it emerged in 2006, its uncompromising, legible structure of vetivert and musks…
My closest friend recently discovered Malle. After decades of not considering perfume to be an important factor in how he presents himself to the world, he got in touch and…
A few months ago, when he was in London for an IFF event, I managed to have an all-too-brief conversation with one of the undisputed masters of scent composition: Dominique…
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