Roses figure prominently in my personal narrative: Guerlain Nahema, DSH Perfumes La Reine des Fleurs and Mandy Aftel’s Memento Mori
A perfume could be said to be “Lutensian” if it has the sweep of a David Lean film. Serge Lutens Chergui works particularly well in cold weather
Montale Intense Cafe, YSL Paris, Shalini Rose Amorem, Le Jardin Retrouvé Rose Trocadéro are four singular roses – coffee-laced, iconic, exotic and opulent
Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea is Amber as Art for Resin Aficionados. Profumum Roma Arso spirits you to a cabin in the woods. Acqua e Zucchero is sexy
Ateliers Des Ors Rose Omeyyade, Vero Kern Rozy and Curionoir Purotu Rose are three of our favorite Rose perfumes for Valentine’s Day
Perfumer Dominique Ropion does not pull his punches with Jusbox Perfumes Beat Cafe. It packs a woody-green wallop at first, with a rough-hewn barrel of cedar, anisic, rooty vetiver and soapy coriander that practically careens out of the bottle. This is a big daddy of primeval, earthy green and hunting lodge smells that is almost …
