Der Duft Playground
What types of fragrances do you enjoy wearing in the summer or hot weather in general? As fragrance writers and reviewers, we’ve often posed this question to ou...
Category: Indie
The Alloy Studio Fragrances
I’ll always fondly remember the introductory email that Byson Ammons sent me in the fall of 2023. As an independent perfumer, he had just launched The Alloy Stu...
Artisan Perfume and Art Pairings
San Francisco. Three days, three exhibitions featuring three women painters, three charming fragrance pairings. I couldn’t think of a more perfect way to kick o...
Frassaï Dormir al Sol
In today’s rapidly evolving fragrance world, it can be daunting and overwhelming to stay updated with the latest launches, especially when they are too of...
The Island of Missing Trees and My Favorite Fig Fragrance
Do you like making connections between scent and literature? Or perhaps you enjoy linking scent to other arts and crafts. I have an affinity for the scent-book ...
Lempicka and Tragedy Perfume Oil
I couldn’t have chosen a more perfect fragrance to wear to the Lempicka Musical, which I had the pleasure of seeing not once, but twice on Broadway. The musical...
Providence Perfume Co. Shivoo
Shivoo by Providence Perfume Co. came into my fragrant life at just the right moment. I had been eagerly anticipating the Cher musical for months, and as I alwa...
Playful Sensuality: The Pink Bedroom
The Pink Bedroom was created by Marissa Zappas for Portia Munson’s The Pink Bedroom, an art exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Sex in New York City. ...
A Dark Romance: Parfums Quartana
My first experience with Parfums Quartana was in 2018 when I visited the Twisted Lily in Brooklyn, NY for the first time. I tried Bloodflower, a unique and haun...
A Week of Indie Roses
As spring nears, I am looking back to the past few months and sharing my thoughts about some of the rose fragrances I wore. Most of these were my picks for Vale...