It starts with sea salt. It ends in smoke. I wasn’t ready. Are the new Balenciaga perfumes designed to smell like the next era? Balenciaga Makes Scents Again Balenciaga is back in the fragrance game and in signature fashion, it’s a…
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The subtle scent that somehow does the most. When it comes to fragrance, I gravitate toward subtle yet intriguing. Does that make me picky? Maybe. But subtlety isn’t easy—especially when you still want to make an impression. The beauty of…
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Seasonal rules? Toss them. These cold weather perfumes are unexpectedly some of the best summer fragrances I’ve worn this year. For decades, the fragrance world seemed to operate under a rigid set of seasonal rules. Scents were divided into daytime…
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TL;DR you need the citronnelle spray. That’s all. I am reposting this writeup from last summer since Diptyque just re-launched this brilliant body spray alongside some fun garden-inspired ancillaries. Definitely check out the new seasonal collection which also includes a…
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Fresh Air, But Make It Fragrance Spring is the season of airing things out, swapping wool for linen, and rethinking what you actually want to smell like when the sun’s out. This lineup is for the fresh-air chasers, the spritz-happy…
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Because D.S. & Durga made this odd scent oddly brilliant. D.S. & Durga debuts Brown Flowers Eau de Parfum today, and if you’re picturing the “Florals… for spring? Groundbreaking.” line from The Devil Wears Prada, yeah, no. This is a…
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Growing up in Poland, the concept of Christmas stockings was completely foreign to me. It was something I only saw in American movies and sitcoms. Instead, we celebrated Saint Nicholas Day on December 6th, waking up to find little surprises…
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Similar to making some skincare switches when the weather gets cooler, my fragrance wardrobe undergoes a significant shift in winter months. I gravitate toward richer and more comforting scents, especially on any day in which we hit single digits. Since…
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