French parapharmacy brand Nuxe has released a new duo of scents called Le Matin des Possibles and Le Soir des Possibles, which can be translated as the "The Morning of Possibilities / Opportunities" and the "Evening of Possibilities /...

The new rose soliflore on the block is Penhaligon's Elisabethan Rose, which unlike what you might assume, is named after one of the scent creators' daughter rather than be a royal homage, hence the "s", which the brand insists...

Thanks to French grammarian Gilles Ménage (1613-1692), who devoted an article to the topic in his Observations de Monsieur Ménage sur la langue françoise (1672), we know that neroli, the floral essence of the bitter orange tree (Citrus Aurantium...

Cherry Tree at Night // Un cerisier la nuit © Chant Wagner 2018 If you stood in the right place under one of the cherry trees, you could get briefly engulfed in scent surround......

With the new Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Eau de Parfum Intense, the house is proposing to emphasize the "naturally excessive" nature of the original perfume born in 2001. Its original intent, we are told today, was to contrast the sensuality...

Guerlain's latest flanker to L'Homme Idéal (2014) is called L'Homme Idéal L'Intense, which as its name indicates, brings out more olfactive presence - a notion which has been interpreted here as smelling of hotness and smokiness, combined......

Amidst the medley, a persistent note of cassis reins in the natural exhuberance of the tropical olfactive landscape which readily forms in your imagination, picking up on the cue of the name of the perfume and hints of sultry-weather...

Taking (in) Spring Lying Down // Se coucher devant le printemps © Chant Wagner 2018 This photograph makes me laugh, personally. It seems as if city dwellers have been vanquished by the sheer intensity of spring, their senses overwhelmed......