Perfumes and Fragrances

June 8, 2022

The Meme That Derailed an Executive’s Career

John Demsey made diversity Estée Lauder’s corporate pitch. An Instagram post with a racial epithet cost him his job. John Demsey, the beauty executive who became […]
June 1, 2022

Dior Sauvage Is Still Using Johnny Depp in Its Ads

Luxury brands were once notoriously averse to controversy, but the verdict is still out on whether Mr. Depp’s case hurt or helped sales. In 2008, Sharon […]
May 22, 2022

Smell Good, Play Good? MLB Players Douse Themselves in Cologne

Baseball is full of traditions and superstitions. For numerous players, a heavy dose of cologne or women’s perfume is the unlikeliest of performance enhancers. It was […]
March 18, 2022

Can Scent Be Democratized?

The Institute for Art and Olfaction celebrates a decade of exploring our sense of smell. On a recent evening, masked students sat around stainless-steel tables in […]
March 17, 2021

A YouTube Perfume Reviewer’s Big Dreams

By day Carlos Powell sold shoes; late into the night, he vlogged about his true passion: perfume. Carlos J. Powell wasn’t at the front rank of […]
December 23, 2020

The Home Office That Turned Into a Salon and Spa: 2020's Beauty Products

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December 15, 2020

The Rise of Incense

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September 20, 2017

Colin Firth’s ‘Kingsman’ Fragrance Doesn’t Really Explode

LONDON — When “Kingsman: The Secret Service” debuted in 2014, it was accompanied by a men’s wear line sold on Mr Porter. Now, as the sequel […]
September 5, 2017

Skin Deep: How Arielle Noa Charnas Preps for the Front Row, and Around the Clock

Skin Deep By BEE SHAPIRO With a style that appears effortless, Arielle Noa Charnas, 30, of the blog and Instagram account Something Navy, has been hailed […]
July 4, 2017

Ramdane Touhami’s New French Empire

PARIS — A large beauty emporium was scheduled to open here on Wednesday in the former foundry where Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” was cast. It is […]