There are so many interesting indie perfume brands around, so we’re starting a new feature, Indie Perfume Brand Spotlight, where each week we will question different brands to find out … Indie Perfume Brand Spotlight: Parfums Karmic Hues
We spoke to beauty guru, Jane Daly, about her love of fragrance and starting her own fragrance line. What was the first perfume, that made you ‘get into’ perfume? I … “Perfume is about our brains” – Interview with Jane Daly
Barbara Herman’s olfactory aesthetic is unapologetically glamourous. Basenotes last spoke to her in 2012, when she was blogging under Yesterday’s Perfume and several months shy of the release of Scent … Eris Parfums’ Founder Barbara Herman on the Enduring Power of Scented Seduction
The West Coast is most stereotypically known for a preconceived lifestyle of daily hikes, green juice galore and alternative spiritual practices. But how would one define the olfactory aesthetic of … Purity of Purpose: an interview with Christian Bohdan of Helio
Since the launch of Les Potions Fatales, Joseph Quartana’s life has done a complete 180. There was his triumph of winning the 2017 Fragrance Foundation Awards Perfume Extraordinaire for Poppy … Joseph Quartana of Six Scents Essentials on Ultra-Modern Gourmands and The Beauty of Duality
Fragrance has long been heralded as an art form, but for Sarah Baker this conviction is an especially paramount matter. Her background in fine art, courtesy of the San Francisco … Scent takes the stage: An interview with Sarah Baker
Sarah McCartney Sarah McCartney is equal parts fragrance whimsy mixed with perfumery wisdom. As the founder of 4160Tuesdays, her creativity knows no bounds. Seaside mint chocolate chip ice cream cone? … Olfactory Adventures with 4160 Tuesdays’ Sarah McCartney
Who says perfume can’t be political? In some cases it may just be a pretty glass bottle with a generically pleasant-smelling liquid inside, but amongst the ever-expanding sea of new … Geza Schön: Rebel With An Olfactory Cause
Over the last two decades – thanks at least in part to the efforts of websites like the one on which you’re reading these words – the role of the … Givaudan Evaluator Interview part 1 – “Always Find Something Positive” Naila Hamayed
Emmanuelle Moeglin Of all the perfume brands to have hit the market in recent years, perhaps the most innovative – or the most foolhardy, depending on how you look at … Trusting The Customer – Emmanuelle Moeglin of Experimental Perfume Club on the Launch of Layers 02
Top-notch raw materials were the reserve of the industry elite — until now. Ostens is the fragrance house of Laurent Delafon and Chris Yu, who as founders of United Perfumes … Pressing the Olfactory Reset Button
Trygve Harris is unusual, even among artisans. She is a woman, but even men in the most culturally closed, patriarchal societies of the world respect her. She’s a Westerner, but … Conversations with the Artisan: Trygve Harris of Enfleurage
Evody’s Cerine Vasseur (left) with perfumer Cecile Zarokian (right) Like several other brands operating within the independent sector, the mother-daughter house, Evody, have chosen to release their scents as distinct, … Colours, shapes and emotions: an interview with Evody’s Cérine Vasseur and perfumer Cecile Zarokian
Somewhere, the Perfume Brand Concept Fairy must be hooking herself up to an endless supply of Red Bull. The demands on her time are so frenzied at the moment, she … What’s Inside The Bottle: An Interview With Nicolas Chabot of Æther
Daniel Gallagher is a self-taught indie perfumer based in the United States. He speaks to Basenotes about his love of fragrance and his journey so far. How did you get … An interview with perfumer Daniel Gallagher of Gallagher Fragrances
Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah doesn’t give the impression of someone heavily invested in the fragrance industry; he’s tall and muscular and sports a shaved head with a tight-fitting shirt. But Al-Sabah’s … An interview with Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah of The Fragrance Kitchen
Philippe Constantin with Ainslie Walker Many people the world over, especially Asia and the Middle East burn incense year round. In the West ‘peak incense season,’ being christmas, has just … An interview with Philippe Constantin : Artistic Director and founder of Maison Insens
Though Rochas is the heiress of a legendary brand in luxury perfume, her own line, Coolife, doesn’t follow directly in its footsteps. With so many thousands of perfumes entering the … Interview with Pauline Rochas and Carole Beaupré of Coolife on the Launch of Le Quatrieme Parfum
Ralf Schwieger In the contemporary model of fragrance creation, the juice is the result of a collaboration between a plethora of corporate brand functions that each impart their expertise and … Bittersweet: an interview with Ralf Schwieger on the gourmand
At the end of last year, perfumer Francis Kurkdjian was in London for the UK press launch of his collaboration with Baccarat, Rouge 540. The fragrance was originally launched in … Françis Kurkdjian on Baccarat Rouge 540
