Rare Notes

Matière Première: A House Built on Raw Materials

Matière Première: A House Built on Raw Materials

Anthology Beauty

How Grasse-born perfumer Aurélien Guichard built Matière Première around a single idea — making the world's finest raw materials, from his own May roses to Somali incense, visible in every...

Matière Première: A House Built on Raw Materials

Anthology Beauty

How Grasse-born perfumer Aurélien Guichard built Matière Première around a single idea — making the world's finest raw materials, from his own May roses to Somali incense, visible in every...

Note Deep Dive: Labdanum — The Secret Heart of Amber

Note Deep Dive: Labdanum — The Secret Heart of ...

Anthology Beauty

From resin combed from goats' beards on sun-baked Cretan hillsides to the warm, leathery heart of every great amber and chypre, discover the story and scent of labdanum.

Note Deep Dive: Labdanum — The Secret Heart of ...

Anthology Beauty

From resin combed from goats' beards on sun-baked Cretan hillsides to the warm, leathery heart of every great amber and chypre, discover the story and scent of labdanum.

Note Deep Dive: Tuberose — The Flower of Forbidden Pleasure

Note Deep Dive: Tuberose — The Flower of Forbid...

Anthology Beauty

From Aztec gardens and the court of Versailles to Fracas and beyond, discover why creamy, night-blooming tuberose is perfumery's most seductive and polarising white flower.

Note Deep Dive: Tuberose — The Flower of Forbid...

Anthology Beauty

From Aztec gardens and the court of Versailles to Fracas and beyond, discover why creamy, night-blooming tuberose is perfumery's most seductive and polarising white flower.

What Are Powdery Fragrances?

What Are Powdery Fragrances?

Anthology Beauty

Powdery fragrances smell soft, dry and velvety — discover the iris, violet, heliotrope and musk notes that create the effect, its history from L'Origan to L'Heure Bleue, and the Anthology...

What Are Powdery Fragrances?

Anthology Beauty

Powdery fragrances smell soft, dry and velvety — discover the iris, violet, heliotrope and musk notes that create the effect, its history from L'Origan to L'Heure Bleue, and the Anthology...

How Do I Blind Buy a Fragrance Without Regret?

How Do I Blind Buy a Fragrance Without Regret?

Anthology Beauty

Know your fragrance families, read the heart and base notes, trust patterns over hype and keep the stakes low – here is how to blind buy a fragrance you will...

How Do I Blind Buy a Fragrance Without Regret?

Anthology Beauty

Know your fragrance families, read the heart and base notes, trust patterns over hype and keep the stakes low – here is how to blind buy a fragrance you will...

Note Deep Dive: Lavender — From Barbershop to Haute Parfumerie

Note Deep Dive: Lavender — From Barbershop to H...

Vandana Magnani

From Provençal hillsides and Roman bathhouses to the birth of the fougère, discover why lavender is one of perfumery's most versatile and quietly sophisticated notes.

Note Deep Dive: Lavender — From Barbershop to H...

Vandana Magnani

From Provençal hillsides and Roman bathhouses to the birth of the fougère, discover why lavender is one of perfumery's most versatile and quietly sophisticated notes.