Rare Notes

Note Deep Dive: Tobacco — Smoke, Honey and Nostalgia

Note Deep Dive: Tobacco — Smoke, Honey and Nost...

Vandana Magnani

Discover how the cured leaf of Nicotiana tabacum became one of perfumery's most comforting notes, from Jean Nicot and Caron's Tabac Blond to the honeyed, smoky tobacco perfume oils of...

Note Deep Dive: Tobacco — Smoke, Honey and Nost...

Vandana Magnani

Discover how the cured leaf of Nicotiana tabacum became one of perfumery's most comforting notes, from Jean Nicot and Caron's Tabac Blond to the honeyed, smoky tobacco perfume oils of...

How Do I Read a Perfume Description Like an Expert?

How Do I Read a Perfume Description Like an Exp...

Vandana Magnani

A practical guide to decoding perfume descriptions — fragrance families, note pyramids, accords, texture words and concentrations — so you can tell how a scent will really wear before you...

How Do I Read a Perfume Description Like an Exp...

Vandana Magnani

A practical guide to decoding perfume descriptions — fragrance families, note pyramids, accords, texture words and concentrations — so you can tell how a scent will really wear before you...

What Is a Skin Scent and Why Is Everyone Wearing One?

What Is a Skin Scent and Why Is Everyone Wearin...

Anthology Beauty

A skin scent is an intimate, musky fragrance that smells like your own skin only better; here is where the trend came from, the molecules behind it and why perfume...

What Is a Skin Scent and Why Is Everyone Wearin...

Anthology Beauty

A skin scent is an intimate, musky fragrance that smells like your own skin only better; here is where the trend came from, the molecules behind it and why perfume...

Roja Dove: The Perfumer's Perfumer

Roja Dove: The Perfumer's Perfumer

Anthology Beauty

From two decades at Guerlain to his Harrods Haute Parfumerie and jewel-capped Roja Parfums bottles, discover how Roja Dove became the perfumer's perfumer.

Roja Dove: The Perfumer's Perfumer

Anthology Beauty

From two decades at Guerlain to his Harrods Haute Parfumerie and jewel-capped Roja Parfums bottles, discover how Roja Dove became the perfumer's perfumer.

Note Deep Dive: Cardamom — The Queen of Spices

Note Deep Dive: Cardamom — The Queen of Spices

Anthology Beauty

From the Cardamom Hills of Kerala to the misty highlands of Guatemala, discover why cardamom, the cool, sparkling Queen of Spices, has become one of modern perfumery's most versatile notes.

Note Deep Dive: Cardamom — The Queen of Spices

Anthology Beauty

From the Cardamom Hills of Kerala to the misty highlands of Guatemala, discover why cardamom, the cool, sparkling Queen of Spices, has become one of modern perfumery's most versatile notes.

Parfums de Marly Delina: How a Rose Became a Modern Icon

Parfums de Marly Delina: How a Rose Became a Mo...

Vandana Magnani

How Quentin Bisch's lychee-and-rhubarb-lit Turkish rose for Parfums de Marly turned the oldest note in perfumery into one of the defining modern feminine fragrances.

Parfums de Marly Delina: How a Rose Became a Mo...

Vandana Magnani

How Quentin Bisch's lychee-and-rhubarb-lit Turkish rose for Parfums de Marly turned the oldest note in perfumery into one of the defining modern feminine fragrances.