Scents For Classic Halloween Characters – Top 10 Perfumes For 2025
Persolaise For this year’s Halloween list, I paired perfumes with some classic costume ideas, and enlisted a bit of visual assistance from Google Gemini. Here’s a link to the video: Top…
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Spray & Tell – Scented Perfume Chat With Alice Du Parcq
In the first instalment of what will hopefully turn out to be a regular series, I was joined by Alice Du Parcq for a bit of Spray & Tell —…
Tauer Vanilla Absolue, Arquiste Nocturnality, Granado Apotecario and other reviews – 2025
There was a time when the word ‘Tauer’ was almost entirely synonymous with the idea of independent perfumery. Zurich-based Andy Tauer — a self-taught perfumer who started his brand by…
Hiram Green, Live Interview On The Launch Of Ultra
I was delighted to welcome self-taught, Holland-based perfumer Hiram Green into my virtual studio a few days ago. He discussed his latest release, Ultra — which he describes as channelling…
Top 10 Perfumes For Autumn 2025 – Celebrating Simple Pleasures
Regular readers and viewers invariably tell me that autumn is when they enjoy pulling out the more baroque scents in their collections: the rich, Mitsouko-esque chypres, the darker florals, the…
Valerie & Remi Pulverail, Les Indemodables, Live Interview On The Launch Of Vanille Havane – Cuir Des Abysses
I never cease to be amazed by the stories behind the creation of some perfumery ingredients. The latest one to be brought to my attention is linked to a shipwreck…
Parfum D’Empire Madagascar Le Baume Vanille, Diptyque Lazulio, Le Labo Osmanthus 19 and other reviews – 2025
Osmanthus 19 4:10Eucalyptus 20 15:20 One of the few enjoyable things about summer ending is that it means I get to resume my YouTube broadcasts and my interactions with all…
Top 10 Modern Retro Perfumes + Guerlain Vetiver Fauve review (Delphine Jelk; 2025)
I suspect Guerlain didn’t think that a vetiver composition would turn out to be polarising, but this is exactly what seems to be happening with Vetiver Fauve, their latest addition…
Parfums De Marly Castley, 27 87 Hakuna Matata, Nicolai showcase and other reviews – 2025
It’s pleasing to see that Nicolai are enjoying increasing success and acclaim in the UK at the moment. Goodness knows, we could certainly do with a few more perfumers possessed…
Zara Leather Jardin, Bulgari Eau Parfumee – The Vert eau de toilette and other reviews – 2025
The power of a good recommendation. A little while ago, a long-time viewer suggested that I need to get my nose on Zara Leather Jardin, so I duly obliged and…
Estee Lauder Legacy White Linen Oud, Nicolai Patchouli Spirit, Maison Francis Kurkdjian Kurky and other reviews – 2025
Frederic Malle may have left Estee Lauder, but his name is all over the brand’s publicity material for one of the most unexpected flankers in recent years: an oud version…
Les Indemodables Immortelle Solaire, Miller Harris Melody, Valentino Anatomy Of Dreams reviews – 2025
The arrival of a perfume from Les Indemodables is always a cause for excitement, and their new Immortelle Solaire does not disappoint. I reviewed it in a recent episode of…
Top 10 Perfumes For Summer 2025 – Super-Joy Scents!
Perfume feels increasingly trivial at a time when more corners of the world are being plunged into darkness. But joy is never trivial. So as spring turns to summer, I…
Acqua Di Parma La Riserva, Davidoff Cool Elixir, Peosym Mithai and other reviews – 2025
Indian sweets, Italian oranges… and oud buried at the bottom of the ocean. Just three of the globe-hopping delights on offer in a recent episode of Love At First Scent,…
Indult and Diem showcase reviews – 2025
In the same way that anyone claiming they’re cool almost certainly isn’t, anyone claiming to be a disruptor is probably so firmly entrenched in the establishment, they wouldn’t know a…
Eveilleur and Ascetic Aesthete showcase reviews – 2025
It doesn’t matter how long I’ve been doing this for — I always love discovering new brands. So, the other day, during a Love At First Scent session, I was…
Scented Kylie – Perfumes For Her 10 Best Songs
Kylie Minogue has long maintained an image as one of pop music’s most fun-loving characters, so I suspect she would have approved of a recent episode of Love At First…
Chanel Chance Eau Splendide, Serge Lutens Le Perce-Vent, Puente Aurora and other reviews – 2025
Chanel’s Chance range – the most insouciant in its portfolio – welcomed a new member a few weeks ago: the purple-hued Eau Splendide. I reviewed it in a recent set…
Guerlain Ambre Samar, Marc-Antoine Barrois Aldebaran, Spoturno showcase and other reviews – 2025
Regular readers will know that I don’t consider a perfume’s ability to attract compliments to be especially important; it’s not a factor I think about when deciding what to wear.…
Balenciaga 2025 releases, Nissaba Les Alpes, Prada Paradigme and other reviews – 2025
Five reviews in brief 9:21Le Dix 12:50Getaria 17:09Extra 23:10Muscara 27:07No Comment 31:17 A few years ago, brands followed the ‘why make one when you can make three’ strategy of perfume…