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.

When I read that Penhaligon’s was coming out with a fragrance that was inspired by London dry gin, well, I celebrated with a gin martini - gin being one of my all time favourite spirits.

  NANBAN, launched in 2015, is another stunning olfactory expression Huber’s genuine interest in history and culture. NANBAN was inspired by a Japanese galleon on the Pacific Ocean in January 1618. The full story can be found on the Arquiste website