The latest on scents, houses and aromas
Scent is like a portal through time and space, delivering you to a world beyond your own. This month, we're featuring three such olfactory postcards from the wet cobblestone streets of Florence, Italy, a storied village in the French Alps, and the American West. Read more.
Blame it on summer fever, but we can't get enough of golden, orange tones everywhere. They're the perfect colors for just about everything this season: clothes, fresh-squeezed juices, swoon-worthy sunsets -- and, of course, perfumes. Our selections this month all feature inspiration from this vibrant part of the color spectrum, so how could we resist?
One of the best things about becoming a fragrance connoisseur is the fun of exploring scent combinations that you'd rarely find in mass-market scents. This month, we're featuring three scents that juxtapose notes in unusual ways.
Modern perfumery was born in Europe, so it’s no surprise that the continent still produces such magnificent olfactory art. This month, we’re taking a tour of Western Europe via three of its finest houses.
This month, we’re exploring the relationship between smell and taste by collaborating with Vosges Haut-Chocolat, which harnesses the power of storytelling to open minds and palates through chocolate. Intrigued? Get your paired truffles or the full perfume + truffle set for 15% off with the code OLFACTIF15.
California can feel like a land apart, and not because of those infamous faultlines. It’s because of the surreal orange-pink sunsets. The bluer-than-blue skies. The redwoods that tower hundreds of feet over cool forests and the palm trees that, for generations, have lured dreamers west. Read more...
Around the World in Eighty Days is a book is about a race around the world in 1873, but our theme this month takes a more leisurely approach (hurrah for airplanes). Read more...
Call us softies if you want, but our March collection is all about love. Not the Valentine's Day kind, but the many kinds of love that make the world go 'round, as complicated and messy as they may be.
We learn when we’re young that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. The idiom holds true for perfume, too. This month, we feature three scents that might seem to be one thing but really are something else entirely. Read more...
This month, we’rechanneling an iconic man of mystery: the 007 himself. It doesn’t matter whether he’s chasing a villain down the side of a mountain or dressed to the nines in a tux — you know he just smells good. Read more...