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- Eris Parfums' Founder Barbara Herman on the Enduring Power of Scented Seduction
  by Carla Seipp
  Barbara Herman’s olfactory aesthetic is unapologetically glamourous. Basenotes last spoke to her in 2012, when she was blogging under Yesterday’s Perfume and several months shy of the release of Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume, an ode to fragrance in all its gender-bending, norm-defying glory. Today, she has put her love of all things… [Read More]
- Purity of Purpose: an interview with Christian Bohdan of Helio
  by Carla Seipp
- Joseph Quartana of Six Scents Essentials on Ultra-Modern Gourmands and The Beauty of Duality
  by Carla Seipp
- Scent takes the stage: An interview with Sarah Baker
  by Carla Seipp
- Olfactory Adventures with 4160 Tuesdays' Sarah McCartney
  by Carla Seipp
- The Enduring Influence of Oud
  by Elizabeth Harris

Follow by Kerosene
by Andyjreid
Follow is single handedly the best coffee based fragrance I have ever had the pleasure of wearing. It is rich, deep and insanely long lasting easily reaching 20-24 hours. This is one slow burner of a fragrance and initially appears to be linea...More
Poppy Soma by Parfums Quartana
by Darvant
Poppy Soma is a narcotic spicy beast from Parfums Quartana performed by the talented perfumer Emilie Coppermann and focused on the (yes provocative) dominant floral ingredient of poppy. Poppies are kind of sinister florals considered a symbol of both...More
Balenciaga pour Homme by Balenciaga
by aquila_2009
The smell of a long,dirty weekend with a beautiful but morally bankrupt lover who is about two steps from being a complete stranger.this is a fantastic scent.an epidemic of masculinity, definitely not for nowadays metrosexual dude.manly,strong and se...More