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Along the northern seaboard, perfumers are defying convention with haunting scents that come from the heart rather than a marketing brief. Vicci Bentley reports on a noir genre of scent
Along the northern seaboard, perfumers are defying convention with haunting scents that come from the heart rather than a marketing brief. Vicci Bentley reports on a noir genre of scent
The art of distilling the DNA of a fashion house into a scent is being revived by a small band of elite perfumers. Vicci Bentley reports. Photomontage by Omer Knaz
Nature’s pink and white confetti is distilled into a scent
The headiest of flowers makes for a – surprisingly – gorgeous perfume
Wrapped in caster-oil-soaked bandages, our reporter is mummified in the name of adrenal restoration
Our over-stimulated reporter retreats to a lakeside world of cupping and chanting, tapping and technological abstinence
Eye-popping new colours from Poppy King’s iconic brand
Guerlain marks May Day with lilies of the valley
Between basketball court and ice rink, our reporter hits the (indoor) surf
Our reporter experiences the regenerating pleasures of sweet pea, amaranth oil and… brine shrimp?
From Pressotherapy to multi-micro alveolar stimulation, it’s the last of the high-tech treatments on our reporter’s Swiss sojourn
Our covert reporter ricochets between fat tests and an “instant facelift”
A guest perfume blogger selects bottles for a femme fatale’s dressing table