Perfume Shorts Archives

40 Coupe Salt Flat Racer by David Perry This fall, The Body Shop introduced a novel masculine version of its bestseller White Musk launched more than a quarter of a century ago in 1981. It is called White Musk...

In Black by Spanish fashion designer Jesus Del Pozo was created in 2005 by perfumer Christine Nagel. Swiss-born Nagel is the recent recipient of a prestigious creative perfumery award. The jus, somewhat betraying a mercantile inclination with its pleasing-to-everyone-and-all...

Ads from 1998-2000 and 1994 Azzaro pour Homme by Loris Azzaro today is still since its launch in 1978 one of the best-selling men's fragrances in the world. In 2006 last year was still the third best-selling cologne for...

With its pot-pourri name, evocative of houses warmed up by the inner glow of fall and winter, Orange Spice by Creed ends up evoking warm interiors, yes, but in particular that of an 18th century tavern filled with the smoke...

Can Can by Paris Hilton seems to be the epitome of the commercial fragrance in 2007, with a capital letter C, and even two as you can see on the packaging. To come into existence the scent seemingly had...

The Reception by Frederick John Lewis, 1873   Both modern chypres and rose perfumes are very au courant this season and the new Gucci Eau de Parfum harnesses these two trends in a subtle and elegant manner. Frida Giannini, the new...

Ilaya by Isabel Derroisné, 49 € or US $ 70 (now 29 € or US $ 41.45) Ilaya is the latest perfume by Isabel Derroisné. It is presented as an incense and coffee perfume offering, "sensual ancestral notes" such as...

  Delicious Night by Donna Karan is said to aim to capture the atmosphere of New York City at night. As is made clear by the website supporting the launch of the perfume, uncoverthecity.com, the scent targets bachelorettes in particular...

Givenchy recently launched a new collection of fragrances called Les Parfums Mythiques (Mythical Fragrances), which includes a library of ten perfumes that were recalled from the prestigious past of the house. They are for the men's fragrances, Vetyver (the...

Hyacinths and A Mechanic is one of the latest creations by perfumer Andy Tauer. The evocative, slightly incongruous title of the fragrance refers to the initial vision of a rough mechanic covered with just the ideal amount of grease...

"Burning kyphi and vetiver rootlets" by Ayala Moriel  Kyphi Oil by Alchemy Works is sold as a magical oil, based on the 2200 year old recipe of Kyphi found on the walls of the temple of Horus at Edfu. Kyphi...

Unforgivable Woman by Sean John is, perhaps not surprisingly so, like the macho dream of a women's fragrance. The slight surprise comes with the realization that this is not just a sexy fragrance. The scandalous flavor of the ad...

Osmanthus Interdite (lit. Forbidden Osmanthus) by Parfum d'Empire makes a well-known cultural reference to the prevalence and appreciation of the scent of osmanthus flower (Gui Hua) in Chinese culture notably through tea consumption, as well as to the seat...