Richard Goller

What came first: the scent or the egg? Bear with us. This question will make more sense as we get into this story about one of the more distinctive niche …

Social media isn’t always a reliable gauge of a brand’s increasing popularity/success, but in the case of Stéphane Humbert Lucas, it most certainly is.  While the surge might imply an …

Cashmeran? Cashmere meets meringue? Er, no, but the synthetic is ubiquitous, to say the least, and is found in everything from Cacharel LouLou EDP (1987) to Nasomatto Duro Extrait de …

Synthetics are the backbone of modern perfumery and Ambroxan is probably the most well-known of these ingredients. That’s partly due to its prominence in hugely popular fragrances such as Dior …

Choo! Choo! We all know the sound of the frag hype-train as it gathers steam. And there’s certainly been a lot of fanfare around Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede EDP since its …

December 2022 will be the first December in recent years not to be in the shadow of Covid. Something tells us there’s going to be more reasons to celebrate than …

As the temperatures continues to dip, we start thinking of all things cosy and sensual. Which can only mean one thing: the best tobacco fragrances.  You don’t have to be …

Thanks to the success of a certain Dior (see more below), iris fragrances have become an essential part of the modern man’s fragrance repertoire.  When we refer to iris, we …

Purists were in for a bit of a shock in 2017 when the 1970s classic Givenchy Gentleman EDT was relaunched as Gentleman Givenchy EDT for a new generation. Please note …

When people question the place of automotive brands in the fragrance biz – we can hear the purists and snobs scoffing in disapproval – we swiftly point them in the …