It’s our NINTH birthday! Paying homage to our symbolic flower: lily of the valley…
Regarded as a lucky charm ever since its first introduction from Japan to Europe in the Middle Ages, lily of the valley has become synonymous with the month of May…
Jean Amic, the man behind Poison and Opium, dies aged 87
Jean Amic; former CEO of Givaudan and co-creator of classic such as Rive Gauche, Loulou, Opium and Poison; passed away on April, 26th in Grasse, France at the age of…
Le Jardin Retrouvé Osmanthe Liu Yuan
Le Jardin Retrouvé Osmanthe Liu Yuan bottle, Photo by Rachel K. Ng A pale wash of light yellow, gentle in substance and character. Aloof by nature, yet its fragrance carries…
Lazy Sunday poll ~ open thread, late April 2023 :: Now Smell This
It’s the last day in April plus International Jazz Day. We’re marking the day with our standard open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing…
Paper Trail: why we love paper’s smell (& perfumes evoking it)
Paper is something we have increasingly infrequent contact with in this relentlessly digitised world, and perhaps nearly as importantly, smell far less frequently in our every day lives. Could this…