I draft a fragrance pyramid, visualising the aromas. After many months crafting a new scent story, I’ll blend absolutes, essential oils and isolates from botanical materials.” A silver wattle (Acacia ...

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Traditionalists may turn their noses up at companies creating fragrances. However, Air France's new scent is the latest indication that multi-sensory airline marketing is here to stay. Air France ...

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Shabnam Tavakol, the founder of the New York City-based independent fragrance studio Kismet Olfactive, said recent perfume trends have been all about soft fragrances that mix with your body's ...

Following aespa's big win at the Golden Disc Awards Day 1, Seventeen took up the baton, snagging the Daesang on the second day in Japan. After a successful Day 1 extravaganza in Fukuoka ...

If you've passed by Stevens, Newton, Little India, Downtown, Telok Ayer, and Bencoolen MRT stations along the Downtown Line (DTL) in the last two months, you might have noticed a fragrant scent on ...

Fans waiting for the TV broadcast of this year's awards ceremony will have to wait for a few days due to the cancellation of the live broadcast originally scheduled for January 4 and 5. In the ...

“I think it’s a youthfulness is probably the thing that stands out to me,” he says of the spirit of Armanis’ Stronger Than You fragrance, which has a base of vanilla with notes ...