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Quick: What’s the chicest gelato flavour? Don’t overthink it. Next question: Why is it pistachio? As far as frozen dessert flavours go, pistachio is simultaneously elegant, warm and refined (think of childhood trips to the ice cream shop where you were baffled yet enchanted by your mom’s go-to, very sophisticated green order), while still bursting […]

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Louis Vuitton’s three new scents take their inspiration from Los Angeles, capturing lemony sunshine, bright blue skies and fresh ocean air.

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Though his father wanted him to be a doctor, François Demachy felt the siren call of ’60s-era rebellion and decided “hell no.” “I refused any authority,” recalls the 69-year-old Frenchman, on a recent visit to Montreal to give a talk about his long career in fragrance at the Festival Mode & Design. He eventually began […]

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Named after the slender silk accessory that women often wrap around their wrist or bag handles, Hermès  Twilly d’Hermès (from $76) signifies what perfumer Christine Nagel describes as an untapped niche within the esteemed French luxury brand. “I was seeing young women who appreciated the codes of the maison but were doing different things with […]

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With people, I know fairly quickly if there’s a connection or not. With fragrance, it typically takes me a while to warm up to a new scent. When I met Gabrielle earlier this year in New York, I was instantly taken with this bright floral and feminine fragrance from Chanel. As in-house perfumer Olivier Polge […]

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If our retinas could talk—in between scanning the news, scrolling through images or watching whatever video, meme or GIF is dominating our feeds, that is—they’d probably complain of exhaustion and near burnout just like the bodies they inhabit. “The digital world is able to take direct advantage of our visual and audio processing,” says Dr. […]

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While celebrities have always used Twitter as a way of reaching their fans directly, tweeting major announcements and exclusive sneak peeks are becoming more and more commonplace. (Case in point: Lady Gaga.) This morning Nicki Minaj tweeted the first picture of her forthcoming fragrance Pink Friday, and, as predicted, the fans went wild. The bottle may have something to do with it, though: modeled after Minaj it’s very Jem and the Holograms with a candy pink bob and gold vanity chain.

What’s the best perfume for sensitive skin? I’m typically reactive but don’t want to give up my love for fragrances!
Non-synthetic fragrances are not necessarily a new phenomenon, though they’re more difficult for perfumers to develop into a sophisticated scent, not to mention more expensive to experiment with. Selection has been limited in the past, but consumers’ recent distaste for chemicals—plus an increasing demand for deeply personal and unique auras—have helped give rise to natural, apothecary-style perfumes of late… and they’re awesome.

Aldo’s three new fragrances come in portable, purse-friendly roller-ball minis, for applying on the go. ($15 each, aldoshoes.com)

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Watch part 2 of Emily Blunt’s YSL Opium interview »
Watch part 3 of Emily Blunt’s YSL Opium interview »

Since announcing Emily Blunt as the face of Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium, there’s been endless buzz about the December release of the perfume’s first television commercial in 10 years. With less than two weeks to go till its debut, YSL takes us behind the scenes (once again) with three exclusive interviews. Blunt muses about the importance of perfume and how scent is one of the best memory triggers. (Case in point: smell the perfume your Grade 7 crush wore. Holy time warp!)