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Posted November 13, 2018 November 13, 2018

Enter our fabulous Elizabeth Arden prize draw!

Elizabeth Arden have been making game-changing skincare, cosmetics and fragrances since 1910 – when Elizabeth Arden made the journey from rural Canada to New York City, opening the very first Red Door Salon on Fifth Avenue. In fact, Elizabeth Arden is known for a number of firsts: she was the first to introduce eye makeup…

By Jodie

In Features, Slider, Just launched, News, Launches

Posted November 12, 2018 November 13, 2018

Scents that look as good as they smell

This week’s selection of new fragrance launches includes some truly fabulous bottles. From the classy Clive Christian Noble XX Water Lily bottle to the stunning Penhaligon’s Blazing. Mr Sam, with its gold statuette lid. These scents smell as good as they look – so time to go shopping…? CLIVE CHRISTIAN NOBLE XX WATER LILY Joining…

By vic evans

In Uncategorized, Features, Slider

Posted November 7, 2018 November 7, 2018

We’re celebrating 40,00 times over!

We’re over the moon that The Perfume Society just notched up 40,000 fragrant followers on Instagram. (Above, see some of our most-liked posts.) And we’d like to celebrate with you with a very special offer! For 40 hours (from 1 p.m. on Wednesday 7th November to 7 a.m. on Friday 9th November), when you spend…

By Perfume Society

In Features, Slider

Posted November 6, 2018 October 31, 2018

Ruth Mastenbroek: A Working Nose

‘Scent is my life.’ Says perfumer Ruth Mastenbroek. Quite simply, she explains that ‘The fragrance is the essence of my art. It is my signature…’ Ruth Mastenbroek was born in England and graduated with a Chemistry degree from Oxford University. Having trained in the late 70s and then worked as a perfumer in the UK…

By Perfume Society

In Slider, Features

Posted October 31, 2018 October 24, 2018

7 wearable shivers: ‘spooky’ scents we dare you to wear this Halloween

Have you ever worn a fragrance that made you shiver? I’m not talking about accidentally spraying yourself in an ex’s favourite scent, but deliberately wearing something that unsettled you slightly? Fragrances can send us into reveries of rapture, but they don’t have to be traditionally ‘pretty’ to do so. There’s pleasure to be found in…

By Perfume Society

In Features, Slider

Posted October 30, 2018 October 23, 2018

Cochine’s sumptuous scents from Saigon

Cochine is one of those fragrance houses glossy magazine editors might talk about in hushed tones, because maybe they don’t want everyone to know their scented secrets just yet. We fell in love with Vietnam’s first luxury fragrance house a while ago, and have no such qualms about sharing them with you, which is exactly…

By Perfume Society

In Features, Slider

Posted October 25, 2018 October 23, 2018

Malin+Goetz founders share their Five Favourite Smells

MALIN+GOETZ was created by a maverick duo in New York, back in 2004. Their easy-to-use, easy-to-understand skincare rapidly became a ‘cult’ favourite, and now their incredible, ground-breaking perfumes are also a fragrant force to be reckoned with… When Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz first launched the brand, from the word ‘go’, it was clear this…

By Perfume Society

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Posted October 19, 2018 October 18, 2018

A nose around Jovoy Mayfair – niche fragrance heaven!

It’s coming up for Jovoy Mayfair‘s first birthday, so what better time to celebrate their arrival in the UK than by having a nose around, seeing what’s new, and thanking heaven for this niche haven in the heart of London…? (PS: Our VIP Club Members are being offered a generous 15% discount at Jovoy between until…

By Perfume Society

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Posted October 17, 2018 October 17, 2018

Scented unmentionables: the racy history of boudoir & lingerie perfumes

The practice of perfuming your underwear is centuries old – a trend we’ve recently seen re-emerging from the boudoir with a come-hither glance, and fragrance houses urging us to spritz our scanties with perfume specifically made for lingerie, or being directly inspired by the materials they’re made from. In our hot-off-the-press on-line magazine, The Scented…

By Perfume Society

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Posted October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018

Iconic Chanel No5 gets its first new look ever

Well, this doesn’t happen every day. In fact, it’s never happened that the so-recognisable No5 bottle has had a ‘new look’ – but from 4.30pm on Monday 15th October 2018, Chanel No5 is quite simply going red. Red, of course, is one of Chanel‘s iconic ‘colours’ – a monochrome fashion statement almost as linked with…

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