Have we ever been so ready to say goodbye winter? The ice, the snow, the polar vortex! Au revoir, winter—the April 2014 collection is breaking up with you and diving head first into the warmth of spring.
It’s obscure to the majority but revered by the few. It’s part of a secret language for those in the know. But how does it happen in the first place? How does something build a cult following? However it happens, this collection features three scents that have their own groupies.
"My affair with perfume began as a slow, secret flirtation, carried on late at night by the glow of my computer screen."
—Alyssa Harad, Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride
The parties have ended. The twinkling lights have been stored away. And moments after the old year exited in an explosion of fireworks, the new one settled around us like a thick blanket. This is the season of quiet. Of footsteps muffled by snow. Nature pushes us indoors to cocoon through winter’s harshest days as we think and worry and dream. For this month, we've chosen three scents to accompany us through this season of quiet as we prepare to emerge into a new year.
One minute and thirty seconds: That's how much daylight, on average, we are losing each day. By December, darkness consumes well more than half of our daily time. But how can we begrudge the darkness when it is filled with such delight? In December, life is lived in the evenings.
Many people think of deep autumn as the perfect time to break out the leather boots and leather jackets. Us? We revel in the smooth elegance of leather perfumes, and we have three sensational leather scents for you luxuriate in this month.
The October 2013 Olfactif collection tells the story of the rise and fall of a relationship. From the first giddy moments to the painful, solitary reflections on what could have been—and everything in between—it's all here, in three acts.
Landscapes are a frequent theme in perfume, as perfumers strive to recreate the essence of a place that moved them deeply. But how can a piece of land be so sacred? How can a bit of earth draw us back again and again? We explore these questions in our Landscapes collection.
Is there any month that inspires such mixed emotions as August? According to the calendar, it's summer—the glorious peak of summer. But according to the rhythms of life, the march toward autumn and stillness has already begun.
Last month, we were all about the journey. This month? The destination. The "On Holiday" collection is a joyous celebration of summer vacation—of laziness on the beach, of reuniting with nature, of reveling with friends until the morning hours because you can sleep in anyway.
The June 2013 collection, "Notes on a Journey," is a nod to the sensorial experience of being elsewhere. It features three scents that transport us to the places of their creators' inspirations.
The May 2013 collection weaves a number of themes into a rich story that could be told only now.