Fragrance
Fragrance as material and habit: notes and their sources, wear in heat and humidity, reformulation, and regional release differences.
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Inside KOT: What Fischersund's Cottage-Named Fragrance Actually Smells Like
KOT, the new Fischersund x Farmers Market scent, builds hay, suede and woodsmoke into the feeling of an Icelandic cottage gathering that lasts through a sun that never sets.
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Amber Orchid Has a Winner. Its Base Note Is the Real Story
The 7 Virtues named a giveaway winner for Amber Orchid, but the fragrance's "Harmony Molecule" base and its Sephora-exclusive launch reveal more about the brand's direction than the contest does.
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Behind Les Abstraits' Philosopher's Walk, One Supplier Is Quietly Stamping Niche Perfumery's "Grand Cru" Materials
Philosopher's Walk's "Grand Cru" citrus, florals and cedar moss trace to a single ingredient lab, L'Atelier Français des Matières, that also supplies Les Indémodables, Masque Milano and Rogue Perfumery.
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Sora Dora's Raphael Trades Sweetness for a Base Built Like Stone and Cedar
Sora Dora's extrait Raphael pairs ambroxan, cashmeran and Haitian vetiver under iris and magnolia, a base built to read as coal-dust warmth rather than sweet amber.
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What Etat Libre d'Orange's Uruk Chronicles Is Actually Made Of, and How It Wears in the Heat
Etat Libre d'Orange's new Jordi Fernandez scent, Uruk Chronicles, pairs juicy fruit with oud and amber, but neither material is what the words suggest, and both behave differently once heat and humidity get involved.
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A Nebula's Extreme Temperatures, Rendered in Resin and Amber
Perfumer Andreas Wilhelm built Ylem NGC 6302 around the Butterfly Nebula's real extremes, a star near 220,000°C beside gas near absolute zero, and translated that contrast into resins and heat sensitive amber notes.
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Foin Coupé and the Chemistry Behind the Smell of Cut Hay
Darren Alan Perfumes' September release, Foin Coupé, leans on coumarin, the tonka-derived compound that gives cut hay its sweet, dry smell and anchors the fougère family since 1882.
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Nicolaï's Patchouli Spirit Goes Wide, and the Raw Material Gets Its Golden Cut
Patricia de Nicolaï's Harrods exclusive patchouli fragrance is now available beyond one department store, revealing an amber, liqueur-like take on a note she says she has always loved.
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Montale's Cedrat Lova Puts Citrus at the Center, Then Lets Oud Take Over
Montale's new Cedrat Lova opens on Sicilian citron and Calabrian lemon before settling into oud and tobacco, a structure that rewards patience in warm weather.
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A Baby Fragrance Arrives Just Ahead of the EU's New Allergen Deadline
Nicolaï's alcohol-free Petit Ange Eau de Senteur, cleared for newborns, arrives as the EU's expanded fragrance-allergen labeling rule closes in on its July 2026 deadline for products aimed at children.
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Sultan Pasha's Shisha Reveals a Perfumer Switching Mediums Mid-Career
Azman's new Oh My Shisha! extrait marks attar specialist Sultan Pasha's continued move into alcohol-based perfumery, a shift that changes how a fragrance releases on skin, not just how it's packaged.
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Our 8 Favorite Fall Fragrances for Under $100
Esquire's under-$100 fall fragrance picks arrive as tariffs, quiet reformulation and a booming dupe market are redrawing what "affordable" and "designer" even mean this season.
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Cerise de Tlemcen Bottles an Algerian Cherry Harvest, With a Nose Who Knows Heat
Al Fanak's 2026 cherry fragrance, composed by Nathalie Feisthauer, leans on spice and heavy woods to keep its fruit accord from collapsing into syrup once skin heats it up.
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Vintage Weil de Weil (1971): A Chypre Built From Materials Regulation Has Since Outlawed
Weil de Weil, the 1971 green chypre revisited in ÇaFleureBon's vintage series, leans on civet and oakmoss, two materials now restricted enough that its original formula cannot legally be rebuilt today.
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The Different Company's New Tuberose Was Composed by an Outsider to Its Own Family Story
Crazy Tubéreuse, the house's latest extrait, was composed by dsm-firmenich perfumer Alexandra Monet rather than Céline Ellena, breaking a lineage the brand has kept since 2005.
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The Sapphire in Chanel's New Necklace Carries More Than a Lion's Head
Chanel's Imprimé Lion necklace centers on a rare 20.66-carat unheated Sri Lankan sapphire, and it's also the first high-jewelry collection released since creative director Patrice Leguereau's 2024 death.
