If you tend to apply your perfume to your wrists and then rub them together, you’re potentially destroying the scent. Perfume molecules are very sensitive and by doing this you are effectively crushing them. What happens then is that you get uneven wear throughout the day and a fragrance which doesn’t last very long at [...]

Madonna is now officially launching her first perfume, called Truth or Dare by Madonna. The fragrance shares the name of her 1992 documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare, but it is also related to Madonna’s mother, who died when Madonna was just five years old. The pop star told WWD “My oldest memory of my mother [...]

Luxurious and expensive beauty products are very much part of the market now, but this pricey bottle of perfume shows that extravagance needn’t be a bad thing. To celebrate the launch of its latest fragrance, Golden Delicious, DKNY has created a one-off bottle of the perfume which features a jewel-encrusted pedestal. DKNY will send the [...]

If you’re into the whole Vampire craze, or maybe you are working on the blood type diet, then rejoice! You can now get your own fragrance which recalls your own blood types. Italian brand Blood Concept is coming out with four fragrances designed to align with the four most common blood types. The website notes [...]

Last week on French TV, Jean-Paul Guerlain (the last heir of the Guerlain line) used a racial slur twice in reference to  the work that went into crating Samsara, a fragrance launched way back in 1989. The perfume house is very keen to make it known that the 73-year-old hasn’t been a shareholder for nearly [...]

Can you guess what this is? There’s a clue in the bottom left corner – ‘Kenzo’. Yes, this strange object is in fact a perfume bottle. The limited edition bottle is for Keno’s new fragrance UFO (Unidentified Fragrance Object) and there are only 1,000 in existence. Ron Arad, who also has an exhibit at MoMA [...]

Well, I mentioned yesterday that I love perfume, perfume bottles particularly. Now, I have found out that a black perfume has arrived at London’s Liberty department store. This time, I’m not just talking about the bottle, the actual fragrance itself is a deep and dark shade of night. Black Afgano is created by Nasomatto, headed [...]

I’m a sucker for a snazzy perfume bottle. For the past year, John Galliano’s scent has been my weapon of choice. The bottle is an intrinsic and beautiful design which I am proud to stand on the bathroom shelf, lucky for me it also smells incredible. I think that it may have a new contender [...]

Perfume isn’t the most affordable beauty product, particularly if you choose good blends and quality names. So, it makes sense that you want the fragrance you spritz yourself with to last a bit longer than the time it takes to put your makeup on. Most of us think that the more you spray the longer [...]

Audrey Tatou has been chosen as the face for the iconic perfume Chanel No.5; I think she fits the bill perfectly with her classical looks and pretty, romantic style. Here’s a short clip about why the director chose her for the role.