Essential Parfums began with a modest proposal: to hire senior and celebrated perfumers to create scents and give them free rein. Then pre...

  Today, December 13th is St. Lucia's Day, celebrated in Sweden as well as other Nordic countries. I had always thought it was a pagan f...

When I bought my bottle of Gris Charnel this summer, I knew I would be playing a waiting game. I loved the scent, but for me it was defini...

Is there anything more symbolic of the Christmas season than bedecked Christmas trees with softly glowing lights? Although I no longer have ...

 Olivia Larson of La Fleur by Livvy has released the second in her series of natural perfumes based on Impressionist artists of France, call...

  Puredistance founder Jan Ewoud Vos has announced that with the introduction of Puredistance No. 12 , the house's twelfth perfume,   th...

Many years ago when I lived in Singapore I took painting classes from a South African woman who lived in one of the grand old Black and Whit...