Fragrance
As seductive scents reach great new heights, so too do the ways that we like to build up our perfume collection
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Cartier unveils its latest fragrance installation, OSNI 2
An artistic project from Cartier’s head perfumer Mathilde Laurent, OSNI 2 transforms fragrance into a tangible experience
By Mary Cleary • Published
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Patchouli perfumes are the hedonistic scent of the season
Three decadent patchouli perfumes undo the scent's hippie connotations
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Celine Haute Parfumerie reveals scented papers
Celine Haute Parfumerie debuts new additions to its collection, including scented paper and travel spray cases
By Mary Cleary • Published
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James Turrell unveils new perfume in collaboration with Lalique
American artist James Turrell has collaborated with Lalique on two perfumes, marking his first small-scale work
By Mary Cleary • Published
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A glimpse inside the strange and secretive world of Serge Lutens
Serge Lutens – whose career encompasses fragrance, beauty, photography and film – has launched his first home fragrance collection. To mark the launch, we tour Lutens’ sprawling Marrakech foundation, a kaleidoscopic complex of beautifully decorated riads
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Loewe Earth is your new go-to autumn perfume
Loewe Earth, the latest edition to the brand's Botanical Rainbow range, is a truffle-infused fragrance suited to the transition into colder months
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Aeir is using Nasa technology to create the fragrance of the future
Aeir is a new fragrance and wellness brand that blends Nasa technology with zero extraction, bioengineering and generations-old craftsmanship.
By Tilly Macalister-Smith • Last updated
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A behind-the-scenes look at the Balenciaga Couture candle
Smell scientist Sissel Tolaas takes us into her lab to share the bizarre but ingenious story behind the new Balenciaga Couture candle’s fragrance
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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The most innovative designs in home fragrance
Our edit of objects that will make your room smell as good as it looks
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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New Cartier fragrance laboratory recalls a chic Parisian apartment
Cartier perfumer Mathilde Laurent unveils her art- and design-filled fragrance laboratory in Paris
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Latest Hermès perfume offers a radically new approach to fragrance
Hermès' in-house perfumer Christine Nagel discusses the subversive innovation behind the maison’s new perfume, Terre d’Hermès Eau Givrée
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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BOSS unleashes two seductive new scents
Intensity and intimacy are at the heart of BOSS The Scent Le Parfum for Him and for Her
By Simon Mills • Last updated
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Unifrom creates one of world’s first user-generated perfumes
Swedish brand Unifrom is taking collaboration to the next level with an upcoming winter perfume created according to a survey of 1,000 people
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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A new perfume from Haeckels explores lab grown scents
Haeckels and Central Saint Martins student Tetsuo Lin collaborate on a new perfume that recreates the smells of extinct flora and opens up new possibilities for sustainable perfumes
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Reimagining roses: experimental takes on rose perfumes
Rose perfumes – the most traditional of fragrances – are being given an unconventional edge by niche and big-name brands
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Japanese florist Azuma Makoto creates botanical sculptures for Dior Parfums
Azuma Makoto, the floral artist who started Tokyo’s ‘flower butchery’ and sent a bonsai tree into space, debuts his new collaboration with Dior Parfums
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Rick Owens launches a fragrance in collaboration with Aesop
Rick Owens launches a candle, travel kit and offbeat perfume with Aesop
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Teen spirit: poetic perfume and party make-up for the forever young
Celine's new fragrance, Rimbaud, is paired with snazzy party make-up for a new take on teenage beauty.
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Diptyque’s Eau Rose perfume gets an offbeat revamp
Diptyque’s classic Eau Rose fragrance is reimagined to includes hints of artichoke and lychee, with accompanying visuals by American florist Maurice Harris
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Discover Chanel Beauty’s ‘launch of the decade’
N°1 de Chanel is a new line of skincare, fragrance and make-up from Chanel Beauty
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Year in review: beauty & grooming editor Mary Cleary picks top 10 fragrance stories of 2021
Wallpaper’s Mary Cleary reveals her selection of the top 10 fragrance stories from 2021, from incense that comes with its own soundtrack to reimagined rose perfumes
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Es Devlin collaborates with Chanel on monumental exhibition
Es Devlin has created an immersive labyrinth to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chanel No5
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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India Mahdavi redesigns Dior’s iconic J’adore perfume bottle
Designer India Mahdavi has collaborated with Dior on a limited-edition range of J’adore perfume bottles, handcrafted by Murano artisans
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Arpa is a new multidisciplinary brand inspired by synesthesia
Perfumer Barnabé Fillion launches a genre-defying project that reaches far beyond the world of fragrance
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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We’re waxing lyrical over these luxury candles
At a loss when it comes to finding the perfect indulgence or gift? Explore our edit of luxury candles for some bright ideas
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Ramdane Touhami on design in the reinvention of Buly 1803
In an exclusive interview, Ramdane Touhami shares the story behind his redesign of the historic brand, Officine Universelle Buly 1803
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Jo Malone London and the scents that make a home
Jo Malone London's candle collections are designed to create a sense of home, as explored in Corner View House, the careful reimagining of a Cotswolds residence by Freehaus
By Simon Mills • Last updated