The Founder D.S. & Durga: Perfume Born from Brooklyn DIY Culture
“Perfume is armchair travel. Our scents are fragments of half-remembered myths and imagined landscapes, inviting explora...
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The Founder BORNTOSTANDOUT: Rebellion Within Order
“Rebel against ‘normal’ and unleash your desires. You are born to stand out. Especially where we come from, in East Asia...
The Founder Histoires de Parfums: A Library of Fragrance Read Through the Senses
"My perfumes have never been about a quest for the most beautiful scent, but always for the most beautiful emotion."(My ...
The Founder LINARI: Luxury Fragrances from Germany, Where Scent and Design Resonate
“Fragrance is something special: it can affect us both consciously and subconsciously, and create a mood.”— Rainer Diers...
The Founder Hermetica
Follow on InstagramPeople want to know whether what they put on their skin is safe for them and for the environment. Tha...
101 Q. I Like Resinous and Balsamic Scents, but Am Not Fond of Those with a Strong Amber Character. How Do Their Fragrance Materials Differ?
A. This is a good question, and a chance to learn about resinous fragrance materials. Let us look at each material in tu...
Guide Salon du Parfum 2026: An Attempt at a Complete Guide to the Fragrance Festival
Explore the history and growth of Salon du Parfum, with the 2026 edition’s venues, programs, booking conditions, purchase benefits, and participating fragrance brands.
The Founder Anthologie by Lucien Ferrero: A Legendary Perfumer’s Selection of Love and Memory
“When he gave me complete freedom, carte blanche, I could not have been happier.” The story of the culminating brand launched under his own name before the age of eighty by legendary perfumer Lucien Ferrero, who wrote around 50,000 formulas in a forty-six-year career while remaining behind the scenes. It also brought a reunion in creative collaboration with his close friend Jean-Claude Ellena after half a century.
The Founder MONTALE: The Secret Ambassador of Oud Connecting East and West
“Oud is sometimes described as a bridge between human beings and the divine. That is why I wanted to create fragrances t...
The Founder Musashino Works: A Small Perfume Workshop and the Scent of Japan’s Four Seasons
“The perfumes we aim to create are, if anything, nostalgic scents. They belong closely to daily life and mingle with it:...