Richard Goller

There’s no shortage of popular niche brands, but Parfums de Marly must be one of the most loved in recent years. Since its founding in 2009 by Julien Sprecher, the French …

You can’t always judge a fragrance’s popularity and quality from Instagram. But in the case of Kajal Lamar, you certainly can. This 2020 release epitomises what the Paris-based niche brand is …

Initio was doing quite nicely, thank you, with releases such as Absolute Aphrodisiac (2015), Side Effect (2016), and Psychedelic Love (2017). And then in 2018 – boom! – the French …

We all know the clichéd Instagramable images of fields and fields of the flowering stuff, but pretty pics aside, did you know lavender (scientific name Lavandula) is part of the …

It’s official: patchouli fragrances are having a bit of a revival. The last time it was so popular was in the 1960s and 1970s when hippies and boho types wore …

From their bottles and juices to their prices, everything about Fragrance du Bois says L-U-X-U-R-Y.  Founded in 2013, the Paris-based company made its name with some of the finest ouds …

Cannabis, anyone? Whether you call it marijuana, weed, grass, pot, or hemp, it’s no coincidence that the increasing legalization of the herb worldwide has seen a growth in fragrances with …

Founded in 1893 by Alfred Dunhill when he took over his father’s saddlery business, the British brand made its fragrance debut more than four decades later in 1934 with Dunhill …

Thanks to the plethora of gourmands in recent years, vanilla fragrances can have a cheap ’n nasty reputation. Fortunately, for those of us with more grown-up tastes, this selection proves …

With his enfant terrible fashion reputation well established in the 1980s, Jean Paul Gaultier had to make a spectacular perfume entrance.  And his male fragrance debut, Le Male (the female Classique was launched …