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As he unveiled a special edition CREED fragrance created for Harrods – Millesime 1949 – seventh-generation family perfumer Erwin Creed revealed that he and his father Olivier have no idea whether they’ll be able to get their hands on enough high-quality oudh wood – even as soon as next year – to continue to produce…

Hot off the press:  the legendary Jacques Polge has anointed his successor – and it’s his own son, 38-year-old Olivier. Jobs for the boys…?  Not a bit of it.  Olivier (who Perfume Society subscribers can see an interview with here) is a highly successful perfumer in his own right, who has clearly inherited his father’s…

A rare opportunity to travel back in time through perfume’s history… Perfume actually gets its name from ‘per fumum’ – through smoke.  Incense was enjoyed at rituals thousands of years ago, even before we started wearing perfumes on our bodies… Now, we’ve all heard of Japanese tea ceremonies.  But one of the other arts cultivated…