Iris in Perfumery: Powder, Lipstick and Quiet Drama
It may look delicate, but iris has roots, patience and considerably more personality than a polite purple flower has any…
Guides
Practical perfume guides, recommendations and explanations designed to make fragrance easier to explore, without unnecessary rules.
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The Story of Tuberose: A Flower With Many Personalities
Creamy, narcotic, green or almost bubble-gum sweet: tuberose is one of perfumery’s most dramatic shape-shifters. Here is its story, plus five fragrances that show its different personalities.
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How to Test a Perfume
Testing perfume should be simple, but first impressions, hype and beautiful bottles complicate everything. Here is how to smell more clearly.
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8 Shocking perfume myths that need to retire
Coffee beans are not magic, natural does not automatically mean better, and more sprays cannot rewrite a weak formula. Let us retire eight perfume myths with facts, nuance and a little fragrant nonsense.
