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Faux Rose's Parlor of Pleasure
The four perfumes — Mons Venus, Dauphine, Viva Maria, and Josephine in Furs — demonstrate a perfumer setting a dazzling precedent for an up-and-coming perfume house.

M.P.S Simpson
Aug 22, 2025


Smell Something Familiar?
Dossier’s dupes have disrupted NYC’s niche fragrance district.

Quinn MacRorie
Jul 19, 2025


How One Design Killed a Cult Brand
Boy Smells minimalist, androgynous candles and fragrances decorated everyone’s desks, coffee tables, and vanities. Then came the rebrand.

Caelan Reeves
May 22, 2025


Priming Yourself Perfect
Longevity, silage, and the fictions of perfume.

M.P.S Simpson
May 8, 2025


Scents and Sensibilities
Serviette, a new fragrance brand, explores the concept of good taste.

Bekah Waalkes
Apr 8, 2025


What Does A Cowboy Smell Like?
Notes on bottling and selling the West.

Caelan Reeves
Apr 3, 2025


Marissa in the Off Hours
Fragrance Editor Audrey Robinovitz and perfumer Marissa Zappas talk the smell of empty houses, symbolic violets, & everything else.

Audrey Robinovitz
Mar 21, 2025


A Case for Citrus Fragrances
“There’s something earthy, a little bitter, behind the citrus, that makes it feel fresh and open; I feel like I’m outside in an orange grove

Bekah Waalkes
Feb 26, 2025
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