This Month
How perfumer Jo Malone regained her mojo after losing her sense of smell
The UK entrepreneur sold her first global brand to Estée Lauder after chemotherapy destroyed her olfactory system. Her drive to build another business followed a complete recovery.
- Lauren Sams
November
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
Why this lawyer quit to start a posh fragrance business
Nick Smart, the owner of distribution company Agence de Parfum, has just opened a glam flagship in Sydney for his burgeoning Libertine Parfumerie brand.
- Dan F. Stapleton
A whiff of the ridiculous as Dior launches $441 fragrance for babies
According to its creator, the new scent carries notes of pear, wild rose and white musk.
- Catherine Lough
August
This perfumer makes scents that the ultra-rich pay £30,000 for
Since 2011, Roja Dove has captivated the market in exotic aromas, and the master fragrance maker is about to launch two more.
- Eugenie Kelly
July
The sharply dressed powerbroker who’s taking Australian brands global
Alice Wells is on a mission to match innovative businesses – such as this start-up founded by a leading makeup artist – with international investors.
- Lauren Sams
May
Why this 85yo founder of a billion-euro brand still goes to the office
No matter that she’s a countess. Isabelle d’Ornano has presided over the Sisley Paris family business since 1976, and in 2023 annual sales will be €1 billion.
- Jane Cornwell
No, it’s not just a candle. Trudon celebrates 380 years in business
A homage to the fabrics and fragrances favoured by the last queen of France, the unveiling of the new Tuileries collection was never going to be anything less than a spectacle worthy of Versailles.
- Jane Cornwell
March
‘You smell Coca-Cola’: the scent secrets of Hermès’ top perfumer
For the latest fragrance in Hermès’ Jardin series, Christine Nagel conjured up a memory of the Greek island of Kythira.
- Matthew Drummond
October 2022
Musk makes $1.6m from his new perfume ‘Burnt Hair’
The world’s richest man said he has sold 10,000 bottles of the scent, described as ‘the essence of repugnant desire’.
- Reuters
September 2022
Blindfolds, bubbles, blossoms: On the trail of a seductive new scent
The latest fragrance from French perfumer Aurélien Guichard smells just like a tuberose field on a summer evening in Grasse, though the exact location is a slow reveal.
- Jane Cornwell
July 2022
Five must-visit maisons of cutting-edge creativity in Paris
A former Melburnian shares her favourite niche businesses, from designer knitwear to furniture, in the city she now calls home.
- Kate van den Boogert
May 2022
Can this woman’s prestige perfume really change your energy?
Australian stylist Yasmin Sewell built her career in London, discovering new designers and redefining what it is to be cool. Now she’s turning to scents.
- Lauren Sams
The only three men’s fragrances you need, for now
Olfactory boredom during lockdown inspired a quest to source a fresh trio of scents for regular wear. Eighty-four perfumes later ...
- Wayne Heeley
September 2021
Former lawyer set to open first native botanicals fragrance store
Starting a scented candle and perfume shop in the middle of a pandemic might seem brave, even foolhardy. But Craig Andrade has a vision that brooks no failure.
- Charis Perkins
August 2021
The ASMR-inspired artwork you can see, hear and smell (but not touch)
Unveiled as part of the London Design Biennale, the Metronome installation is enhanced by a soundtrack based on autonomous sensory meridian response principles.
- Stephen Todd
July 2021
The self-described Picasso of perfume reflects on a fragrant career
Frenchman Serge Lutens, who is releasing two new collections, has made some of the world’s most memorable scents, yet he admits he never wears any.
- Georgina Safe
November 2020
The best home fragrances to give this Christmas
The world’s finest perfumeries have concocted festive scents to create a 'sensory snapshot' of happy times. These are some of the best scented candles and sprays.
- Dan F. Stapleton
October 2020
Romance in a perfume bottle, 100 years on
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard is the latest in a long line of stars to burnish the myth of Chanel No. 5 – with a mini romcom-cum-musical for its centenary.
- Lauren Sams
June 2020
The Belgian perfumer bringing Australian native flowers to fragrance
Shocked to discover Australia did not have a robust perfume industry despite its magnificent flora, Dimitri Weber set out to create one.
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- Lauren Sams
December 2019
How Hermès first female perfumer broke into the boys' club
Women had no place in scent when Christine Nagel started out. Now she's enjoying the heady fragrance of success.
- Annie Brown
