The Joy Of Taking Your Time – Thoughts On Slow Perfumery
Persolaise – By all accounts, back in the 1990s, when it first appeared, Mugler Angel was a flop. However, key figures such as Mugler himself and, crucially, Vera Strubi, believed in…
Esxence
Are We At A Turning Point? – Thoughts On Esxence 2025
— To put it in one sentence, the event was a marketplace. But then it didn’t pretend to be anything else. Yes, the idea of perfumery as an artistic endeavour…
Making Wasabi – An Interview With Céline Verleure Of Olfactive Studio
Regular readers will be aware that Olfactive Studio‘s Panorama is without question one of my favourite perfume releases of the year so far. With its juxtaposition of a laser-charged, green…
Oh, To Be In Milan – Esxence 2013
One day, I’m sure I’ll make the journey across to Milan for the city’s annual Esxence perfume exhibition. But right now, all I can do is pore over this list…
Live Stream From Esxence
Live Streaming Esxence by Extrait: 29 March – 1 April 2012 Please don’t forget that at around 2 pm today (UK time) the live stream from Esxence will broadcast a…
People Have Nothing Else To Talk About: The Final Part Of The Kurkdjian Interview
Many thanks to all of you who’ve left comments and sent emails about part 1 and part 2 of my interview with Francis Kurkdjian. Here’s the final chapter, in which…