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Dora Baghriche Interview: The Perfumer Behind Fame and Glossier You
Dora Baghriche’s work has been part of my own fragrance wardrobe long before we ever spoke. From the years I wore Mon Paris to her work for Narciso Rodriguez, which remains one of the most cohesive modern perfume lines, her compositions have had a quiet but lasting presence in my rotation. Today, she serves as…
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Crafting Unique Scents: Manuel Cross’s Rogue Perfumery Evolution
Before Rogue Perfumery existed, Manuel Cross collected fragrance with unusual focus. He was drawn especially to bottles from the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period he still returns to often. “I was always scouring eBay,” he says. At one point his collection grew to more than seven hundred bottles. Today he keeps closer to…
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What Happened When Makeup Stopped Smelling Like Makeup
I noticed it one morning while getting ready, the way you notice silence after music has stopped. Everything was in place. Brushes, creams, lipsticks lined up exactly as they always had been. The only thing missing was the air itself. When I was younger, getting ready had a scent. Not perfume layered on top, but…
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Why Manu Atelier’s Bags Are TikTok’s Latest Trend
Manu Atelier, founded in 2014 by sisters Merve and Beste Manastir, has quickly become one of the fashion world’s most sought-after accessory labels. The Turkish duo grew up in Istanbul, heavily influenced by their father, Adnan Manastır, a master leather craftsman who imparted his skills and passion to his daughters. From these roots, the sisters…
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Perfume, Family, and the House of Le Sirenuse
The light in Positano has a way of settling on terracotta as if it belongs there. By late afternoon at Le Sirenuse, the tiles hold the warmth of the day, and the air carries salt, citrus, and the faint mineral hush of stone. It is a hotel shaped by lineage and restraint, owned by the…
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Chanel N°22: The Most Underrated Masterpiece in Perfume History
Every great house carries its own mythology. Chanel carries many. Some arrived with a roar. Others, like this one, took their place more quietly beside the legend of N°5. In 1921, Ernest Beaux presented Gabrielle Chanel with a series of numbered perfume samples. She chose the fifth. It would become the most famous fragrance in…