Laboratorio Olfattivo Mandarino Winner

New for 2020, Laboratorio Olfattivo Mandarino by master perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena is generously fruity and deliciously refreshing

The Perfume Chronicles X The Rising Phoenix Perfumery Andralia Attar Review (Alexandre Helwani and J.K.DeLapp) + Inner Garden Draw

The Rising Phoenix Perfumery Andralia Attar smells as if someone had flung open a door to the past mingling the earthly with the sacred.

Perris Monte Carlo Vanille de Tahiti has powdery verdant textures and concentrated ripeness–this is, to my nose, vanilla-but-better

Cognoscenti Warrior Queen by Dannielle Sergent smells ancient and wise. it is clear, yes, it is strong—but so is it nurturing and grand.

Les Indemodables Iris Perle, from master perfumer Antoine Lie, is a glowingly lovely iris fragrance festooned with heady flowers.

As New York City reopened during COVID-19 for in-store shopping, I visited the niche perfume boutique Scent Bar NYC on August 20, 2020