The best perfumes have the ability to evoke memories, transport you through space, or perfectly encapsulate a feeling. They can usher in a mood shift or awaken the senses; other times a scent is just the thing to encourage a newfound sensuality or a boost of confidence. Our precise olfactory […]
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Christy Turlington Burns on the Centrality of Motherhood and the Scent of ’90s Nostalgia
What does eternity mean at any given moment? Is it the diamonds-are-foreverness of true love, or the hollow certainty of life without parole? Is it what the weeks before Christmas feel like to a six-year-old, or the uncomfortable months before the due date to a first-time mother? Forever is a […]
Perfumehead Pens a Love Letter to Hollywood in Scent Form
The Sunset Strip in the ’60s had a curious mascot twirling above the Sahara Hotel sign: a larger-than-life cowgirl visible from Gore Vidal’s room at the Chateau Marmont. “For me she is Hollywood, and mesmerizing,” says the title character in Myra Breckinridge, Vidal’s 1968 novel. Daniel Patrick Giles might agree, […]
The Best Cologne for Men, According to 10 Cool Dads This Father’s Day 2022
Even in an era ruled by algorithm, it’s something of a gamble to go searching for the “best cologne for men.” The matter of fragrance—that which accompanies a person on the road and into bed and everywhere in between—is entwined with personality or subject to whim. Is the goal to […]