Gifts of nature – bottled for you
Fruits and leaves and flowers and sticks — Berlin photographer and long-time contributor Klas Foerster has created for us a series of still lifes that have been entirely inspired by the gifts of nature. What…
Timeless – 5 eternal perfume classics for you
Hundreds of fragrances are created every year but very few of them have something new to say. Today we bring to you a selection of true classics young and old that have gained their place…
Michael Edwards: “Niche has revitalized the whole industry.”
23 years after Michael Edwards published his book Perfume Legends he now launched the 2nd edition of what has become an indispensable and essential tool for professionals in the perfume industry as well as every parfumista and…
WINTER EscENTIALS 2018: So real — surreal!
Winter is coming and with it our 2018 WINTER EscENTIALS: 12 enigmatic winter perfumes brought to you by Berlin photographer Axel Kranz and set designer Hendrikje Bernhoeft. This still life series is an ode to…
Perfume Blindtasting with designer Mario Lombardo
Mario Lombardo was born in Argentina, his family emigrated to Germany when he was five. His design studio BUREAU Mario Lombardo focusses on print design and coporate identities. Amongst others Mario art directed the magazines…
WINTER EscENTIALS 2017
When we discovered the work of photographer Monika Holzner and stylist Rebecca Martin we just knew their sensuous minimalism would be spot-on for our 2017 WINTER EscENTIALS. In an elaborate photo session in Paris, the…
25 autumn-inspired perfume names.
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower,” French writer and philosopher Albert Camus once said. Here’s a list of autumn scents inspired by and named after the mellow season. The name is the message! …
David Redon: When Daft Punk goes Guerlain.
When we came across a series of stunning “fake” perfume ads on Instagram we instantly wanted to meet the person behind these ingenious collages that playfully mix vintage aesthetics with the codes of today’s…
Fragrant Colors — I can see perfume!
Swiss-Canadian photographer and art director Christelle Boulé developed a unique and experimental process to transform perfumes into visually striking photograms: In a laboratory, one drop of a scent is applied directly onto photographic paper. Once…
Perfume Blindtasting with universal genius Friedrich Liechtenstein.
We meet Friedrich Liechtenstein in Berlin at the Emil Studios, in the house where David Bowie, Tangerine Dream, Nick Cave and Depeche Mode recorded landmark albums — and Liechtenstein his latest offering, the album Schönes…