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How To Layer Fragrance: A Perfumer's Guide

How To Layer Fragrance: A Perfumer's Guide

Two perfumes at once is where fragrance gets interesting, but not every scent layers well. Emmanuelle Moeglin on which pairings work, which fight, and why.

How To Layer Fragrance: A Perfumer's Guide

Two perfumes at once is where fragrance gets interesting, but not every scent layers well. Emmanuelle Moeglin on which pairings work, which fight, and why.

How to Choose a Perfume as a Gift

How To Choose A Perfume For Someone Else

Buying fragrance for someone else? Discover how to choose a perfume they'll love by reading their taste, their habits and the scents they wear.

How To Choose A Perfume For Someone Else

Buying fragrance for someone else? Discover how to choose a perfume they'll love by reading their taste, their habits and the scents they wear.

Fruity Notes in Perfume and How They're Made

Our favourite fruity smells and how to create fruity perfume accords

Discover the fruity notes that brighten perfume, from peach and blackcurrant to fig, and how perfumers build juicy fruit accords.

Our favourite fruity smells and how to create fruity perfume accords

Discover the fruity notes that brighten perfume, from peach and blackcurrant to fig, and how perfumers build juicy fruit accords.

What Does Iris (Orris) Smell Like?

What Does Iris (Orris) Smell Like?

Discover what iris, or orris, smells like in perfume, cool, powdery and suede-soft, and why it's one of the rarest, most prized materials.

What Does Iris (Orris) Smell Like?

Discover what iris, or orris, smells like in perfume, cool, powdery and suede-soft, and why it's one of the rarest, most prized materials.

How to Blend Your Own Fragrance

How to Blend a Fragrance

Blending perfume isn’t limited to just perfumers or fragrance experts. Understand how scents behave together, and learn how to shape that interaction into something you enjoy wearing.  

How to Blend a Fragrance

Blending perfume isn’t limited to just perfumers or fragrance experts. Understand how scents behave together, and learn how to shape that interaction into something you enjoy wearing.  

We are nuts about nutty scents

We are nuts about nutty scents

Discover the nutty notes that give perfume its warmth, from pistachio and almond to roasted hazelnut, and the scents that wear them best.

We are nuts about nutty scents

Discover the nutty notes that give perfume its warmth, from pistachio and almond to roasted hazelnut, and the scents that wear them best.