• D’OTTO — Artistic Fragrance

    D’OTTO — Artistic Fragrance

    Embracing the notion of fragrance as a liquid artform rather than a trivial embellishment is not necessarily a new concept, but in that pursuit there are indeed many, many levels of accomplishment. Italian fragrance brand D’OTTO are a new arrival, but certainly no pretenders, ticking pretty much every box you can as a fragrance brand.…

  • Thameen – Moon of Baroda

    Thameen – Moon of Baroda

    This is a wonderful new British brand and Moon of Baroda is the Jewel in the Crown. This is an original construct in that it is circular rather than the traditional pyramid. The top note is the best Lebanese cedarwood that I have ever come across – it is warm and dry and you can…

  • Blue Series by Comme des Garcons Parfums

    Blue Series by Comme des Garcons Parfums

    There is something about the Comme des Garcons Parfums that despite their variety of ingredient, packaging and theme bears an undercurrent of strategic fragrance construction that even a more untrained nose can recognise. They favour incense based scent, this much is true, but the fact remains that each CDG scent is as disparate as they…