Perfumes: The Guide [Book]

The No.5 Culture Chanel exhibition opened this weekend in Paris, and we were there to report on all of the highlights

No5 Culture Chanel Exhibition Palais De Tokyo Paris

Persolaise Review: 1932, Beige & Jersey extraits from Chanel

Hi Dry Downers! Welcome to a new edition of The Six, in which we each pick three perfumes around a theme. This week, we are diving into the wild world of aldehydes. What in the world is an aldehyde? Glad you asked. Fragrantica defines the aldehyde family as “a vast group of components of organic origin reproduced in the lab,” which is basically another way of saying they are kind of magical chemistry reactions that reproduce elements like oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen, but for use in scent. Or from Wikipedia: “

The Dry Down Six: Aldehydes - by Rachel - The Dry Down

15 Iconic CHANEL No.5 Ads

Anne de Courcy considers the importance of Chanel No 5, a perfume that had a significant impact on fashion trends…

How Chanel No 5 Revolutionised The Beauty Business

An in-depth analysis of the perfumes and culture of Le Labo.

A Question of Soul: Perfumery at Le Labo - by Miccaeli

The actress, who stunned in an archival Chanel dress, cohosted the Met Gala alongside Karl Lagerfeld in 2005 for an exhibition and gala dedicated to the history of the House of Chanel. This year, the event is in the late designer's honor.

Met Gala 2023: Nicole Kidman Wears Same Chanel Dress, 2004 Perfume

Celebrity perfume is dead. Long live celebrity perfume.

A Cultural Autopsy of the Celebrity Perfume - by Miccaeli

Top 10 Best Chanel Perfumes

How fine fragrance became what it is today

BBC World Service - The Forum, Making scents: The story of perfume

Perfumers want your signature scent to be a mix of fragrances that can run $295 each.

Marketing Perfumes by the Batch - Bloomberg

Maiden Call: Thoughts On Chanel Gabrielle, Twilly D'Hermès, Mugler