the age of 24, she moved to Paris with her husband, where she founded the fashion house Chloé in 1952. Her aim was to create a brand that embodied casual elegance. To achieve this, she designed prêt-à-porter fashion that defied the conventions of her time. However, her influence extended far beyond the founding of the French fashion house: she hired...

complements the "Carnal Blends" collection with the unisex fragrance "Narcotic Delight", which combines warm and sweet aromas of cherry, cognac and vanilla.He targets the erogenous VANILLA BEAN, which is electrified by PINK PEPPER and drenched in a puff of COGNAC before finally surrendering to the intoxicating swirls of a cigar. A cheeky hint...

Italian luxury house Gritti unveils "Biassanot", a leathery, dark unisex fragrance that takes you on a sensory journey through the night. Billows of smoke, mysterious aromas, another shot. He enjoys the hustle and bustle, steals the show, moves from bar to bar. When he arrives, the party starts. The moonlight is reflected in his glass,...

characterized by peace and progress - the Belle Époque. Jacques Guerlain once said that he had a premonition of impending disaster. I couldn't put it into words," he told me. "I felt something so intense that I could only express it in a perfume."Jean-Paul Guerlain On the eve of the First World War, Guerlain presented the aromatic-sweet perfume "Champs-Elysées" (1914)...

the Instagram fragrance community, Althair was more liked by female influencers than male ones. But to conclude, I never felt like Althair brought anything interesting to the table - there's no blending, no nuclear performance, lackluster pricing relative to its designer comps, and even the target demographic of the product has me lost due to the accords included....

The Scent for Him" from 2015. Hugo Boss The history of the German luxury label began in 1924, when Hugo Ferdinand Boss founded a textile and clothing company. Initially specializing in workwear and uniforms, Hugo Boss underwent the transformation to a fashion brand after the Second World War and presented the first men's suits. The development...

8 Decades of Fragrance 1920#7 New Musk#6 Decades of Fragrance 1940#5 Chocolate Oil#4 Decades of Fragrance 1950#3 Mitsouko EDP#2 Poesie Madar#1 Eilish Special Note: Amaxophobia is one of the worst things I have ever smelled. It makes me feel like I'm stranded on the side of a busy highway while my car is on fire. ...

Dior New Look - DiorTo capture the opulence and luxury of Christian Dior couture, the composition combines fresh, highly concentrated aldehyde notes with warm, woody amber. Spicy facets of incense are added to create an aura that is both powerful and elegant. After the end of the Second World War, the world yearned for change and optimism. In the fashion...

I've tried. Deserved a full bottle in my collection."Tihota | Indult": This is my ultimate vanilla, the queen of them all. Beautiful, deep, complex, with a lot of depth. It's creamy, warm, sweet (without being cloying), gourmand, comforting, just name it. In this perfume, vanilla is clearly the star in all of its different heavenly facets. It's not too sweet, not too powdery,...

fir balsam and sweet gourmand notes. Oak moss and white musk form a warm base, which is rounded off by the velvety note of suede. The new unisex fragrances were created by French perfumer Cécile Zarokian. Balmain  The fashion house was founded in Paris shortly after the Second World War and quickly developed into one of the world's...

do consider performance and pricing as otherwise premium brands/lines from the likes of Royal Crown, Clive Christian, Boadicea and others would win these rankings every year. This makes a lot of the rankings more opinion based, e.g. is uniqueness worth more than longevity & sillage, how far back down the list do I push a 9/10 fragrance for costing €600/100ml etc. I think...

is launching its new luxury collection "Emerald". Secret scene - Deauville, Normandy - Early morning at the racecourse. It's early morning, the grass of the racecourse is still covered in dew. Hay to feed the horses. The jockey bridles his thoroughbred horse and prepares for the race. Not far away, the sea. In the port of Deauville, bored tourists, chilled...