Our next swapmeet will start on Saturday, 21 September, and autumn officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere the next day. Meanwhile, we\'re frittering away the end of summer with our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like...

Tauer Perfumes has launched Heraud, a new unisex gourmand fragrance...

The next generation of fragrance consumers has increasingly refined tastes ? and strong opinions about price point. "I think [a $400 perfume is] a waste of money," says 11-year-old Sienna Rose Gaviria, who counts Sol de Janeiro, Valentino,...

Lush has launched a collection of 12 scents, including 11 new personal fragrances (some of which are based on existing body products) and 1 reissue. (Also new: a bunch of solid roll-up perfumes in older scents like Lust, Rose Jam, Alina, Pansy,...

Oscar de la Renta has launched New York, a new fragrance for women...

Narciso Rodriguez has launched Les Transparences, a new trio of unisex fragrances in the brand\'s Musc collection: Radiant Magnolia, Rose Epicée and Wild Tuberose...

At last night?s MTV Video Music Awards, [Taylor] Swift posed for a photo with the cast of RuPaul?s Drag Race. One of the drag queens, Xunami Muse, said to Swift, ?You smell so good. What is that"? Swift replied, simply, ?Oh thank you! It?s Tom...

The 1 minute spot for Hermès Bare?nia. Below the jump, a 3 minute spot featuring perfumer Christine Nagel.

Indie brand Imaginary Authors has launched Untamable. Like the other fragrances in the line, it was inspired by an imaginary book by an imaginary author...

Guerlain has launched Shalimar Millésime Jasmin, a new fragrance for women. Shalimar Millésime Jasmin is a limited edition flanker to 1925\'s Shalimar, and follows 2020\'s Shalimar Philtre de Parfum, 2021\'s Shalimar Millésime Vanilla...

TUD?s research began in April and will study the effects of perfumes from Estée Lauder?s catalog on the parts of the brain that control memory and emotion. Dr. Hummel said the research hopes to find which parts of the brain are involved in mapping...

French niche line Etat Libre d?Orange will launch Story of Your Life, a new fragrance, later this month...

Niche line Arquiste has launched Almond Suede, a new unisex gourmand leather fragrance...

The heat waves reduced the strength of the neurons? electrical signal by up to 80 percent; workers, which are all female and forage for the hive, were more affected than males. Even worse, the antennae of the bees that had 24 hours to cool off still...

French niche line Pierre Guillaume has introduced 17.1 Dilshad, a new tuberose fragrance. Dilshad is the second fragrance in the series that started with 17 Tubéreuse Couture...

French niche line Parfums de Marly has launched Palatine, a new gourmand fruity floral fragrance...

At Bridge Farm Group in England?s Lincolnshire County, rows and rows of roses, petunias, and marigolds fill the company?s 60-acre glasshouse. About 90 million such plants will make their way to retailers across the UK?but not all of them will be...

The ninth edition of a poll about transitional fragrances: what are your favorite fragrances as summer turns to fall this year" What scent makes you happy as the nights get chilly and the days take on that crisp edge" And tell us what...

British niche line Jo Loves has launched Black Cashmeran & Tonka, a new fragrance...

A spot for Tom Ford Black Lacquer.

Italian brand Trussardi has launched Primo, a new fragrance for men...

?We can learn to associate good things with ?bad? smells ? if you smell a really ripe cheese on the London underground, that?s going to smell disgusting. But in a nice shop or at home, that smells delicious. We learn to attribute certain positive...

Richard E Grant on Penhaligon\'s Blenheim Bouquet, Bluebell, Lily of the Valley, The Dandy, Solaris, The Omniscient Mr Thompson. 10+ minutes.

British niche line Miller Harris has launched two new fragrances, Mìneir and Staccato...

Our ability to detect odours ? and how strong or pleasant we find them ? also depends on how those detectors work in our own individual noses. We smell a fragrance like violets when a chemical called beta-ionone binds to a detector known as OR5A1....