Cabaret Nocturne is one of the inaugural fragrances launched by Swedish indie line V/SITEUR. It was inspired by a night years ago that Rainer spent at Pensão Amor, the lively nightclub in the red-light district of Lisbon that used to be a brothel.

The fragrance category of church scents never goes out of fashion. And in a category filled with divine fragrances, Messe de Minuit from Etro, is one of the best.

It didn’t take long for Réglisse Noire, black licorice, the first fragrance by Canadian-born, Grasse-trained perfumer Jessica Buchanan to hit my radar. 

Rose Privée is a celebration of the rare and iconic May Rose (Rose de Mai). This Eau de Parfum is the result of a singular collaboration between a master perfumer, Bertrand Duchaufour, and his apprentice, Stéphanie Bakouche."

The Park of the Monsters was the inspiration for the inaugural fragrance of the same name from the Los Angeles-based indie niche line In Fieri, founded in 2021 by Italian-born American perfumer Maria Teresa Venezia. 

I love Corps et Ames EDP, but when I walked into Sens Unique in Paris to smell Corps et Ames 2012, I walked out with a bottle and a big smile (Thank you Renata!)

Violette Fumeé is the kind of fragrance that, once you smell it, you never forget it. It’s a luxurious skin scent that partners violet and pipe tobacco in a way that makes you want to keep on smelling it.

Volutes means ‘curls of smoke’ and it opens with a sensuous note of tobacco from the combination of the pungent, bitter scent of Egyptian cigarettes balanced with the honeyed, floral and dried fruit notes of aromatic pipe tobacco.

The first time I smelled Vanilia from L’Artisan Parfumeur, I knew I was smelling a game-changer for me.