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......

Rochas is launching a new summery interpretation of one of the house's classics, its perennial agrestic opus, Eau de Rochas (1948 / 1970), called Eau de Rochas Escapade Tropicale, which takes inspiration this time from the luxuriating nature of...

A Cherry Tree Against the Evil Eye // Un cerisier contre le mauvais oeil © Chant Wagner 2018 I have been visiting this cherry tree, each year for a few years, when the time comes around in the spring....

French niche perfume house Nicolaï has introduced a new unisex fragrance called Cap Néroli (Neroli Cape), a composition said to be solar, evocative of seaside holidays on the French Riviera, while also hinting back at the popular perfumery tradition...

Chanel has launched a new women's perfume, Coco Mademoiselle Eau de Parfum Intense, a revisit of Coco Mademoiselle (2001) by the son of the man who created it, i.e., Olivier Polge, the heir to Jacques Polge, who succeeded his...

The new Champ de Baies by l'Artisan Parfumeur smells like a long, musky melopeia. It is heavy, silent and voluntarily unilinear in its structure. The blackberry / cassis inflects the musk with its tart, green and fruity nuances. There...

The new Champ de Fleurs by l'Artisan Parfumeur offers the delightful crispness with green accents of springtime flowers emerging from a black, cold arable earth. It is as if you smelled and saw them encased in ice thanks to...

How to Make the Snow Melt // Comment faire fondre la neige © Chant Wagner 2018 How to Make the Snow Melt // Comment faire fondre la neige If in the first hours of spring, you are seeing snow,...