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Top Shelf After Dark

Nikki Reed, Actress

The actress on using olive and coconut oil for everything, applying individual lashes like a puzzle, and refusing to wear any perfumeRead more >

The Review

What Exactly Does New York Smell Like?

Putting Bond No. 9's neighborhood-themed scents to the test in a game we'd like to call "Scratch and Sniff: Chinatown"Read more >

The Experience

I Only Wore It Once: Why You Should Consider A Special Wedding Scent

Everything else will be special, so why shouldn't your perfume be too? Christine Luby, co-founder of Pinrose, explains the ideal processRead more >

The Extras

Stop And Smell The Top Notes

A brief explainer on what that first whiff of perfume smells like—and why it disappears so quicklyRead more >

The Review

Smoking Section: A Guide To Tobacco Perfumes

Smell like a modern day Marlboro Man, even if you've kicked (or never picked up) the habitRead more >

Just In

Byredo Hair Perfume Is The Best Thing Since Real Perfume

Smells like the real thing, but is an understandable excuse if you're looking to add to your collection of things that smell niceRead more >

Just In

Jo Malone Rock The Ages Collection

Five limited edition colognes meant to evoke various eras of British history, in case you needed something to tide you over until the next season of Downton Abbey premiersRead more >

The Review

What Does Rain Smell Like?

How to get the fresh, metallic scent of petrichor—the actual, scientific name for the smell of rain, as discovered by researchers at MIT—rain or shine, thanks to three pre-bottled fragrancesRead more >

ITG ♥s

Like Nothing You've Ever Smelled Before

Nasomatto refuses to publish ingredient lists and describe some of their scents as "unwise"—welcome to niche perfumery at its finestRead more >

Video

Get Lost In These Vintage Cologne Commercials

Down the legacy rabbithole of televised fragrance marketing for menRead more >

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Hannah Johnson, Beauty Writer

On how to heal that spot you picked at your skin, where to put perfume to make it last, and which makeup is subway-application-proofRead more >

The Review

Rose Perfume That Feels Modern

Weird, woody, and intensely sexy—these are not your grandmother's rose fragrancesRead more >

Just In

The Storied Scents Of D.S. & Durga

An afternoon with the husband-and-wife team behind the perfume line with fragrances called things like Burning Barbershop and Cowboy GrassRead more >

The Review

So You're Looking For A New Winter Fragrance...

The first step is actually admitting to yourself that it's winterRead more >

Word of Mouth

An Ode To Byredo

Everyone loves an underdog—that then becomes everyone's favorite boutique fragrance lineRead more >

The Review

The Freudian Scent

Bella Freud's perfume line is here and it smells like reading poetry in a coffee shopRead more >

The Extras

Scents and Sensibility

What does your perfume say about you (or about who you want to be)?Read more >

The Face

Behind The Counter At Le Labo

The Elizabeth Street boutique's expert mixers on how they match their clients with bespoke perfumesRead more >

Just In

My Burberry

The essence of a classic trench, liquifiedRead more >

The Face

Rita Ora

On proper blonde maintenance, Freddie Mercury, and the beauty expertise passed down through her family that had her opening a pop-up shop during high school lunch breaksRead more >

Just In

This Is What Awesome Smells Like

Régime des Fleurs's debut line of fragrances deserves a sniffRead more >