Abel founder Frances Shoemack talks natural perfumery, pop art, and why consumers are increasingly drawn to fragrances with personality.

As intimacy declines and images dominate, a new wave of beauty brands are reclaiming the most sensorial experience of all — sex.

From Comme des Garçons to Hollywood Gifts, and everything in between.

The eccentric French indie perfumer talks her beginnings in opera, her cult-favorite scent Milky Dragon, and what happens when fragrances hold distant melodies.