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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‘There is more work to be done in the garden’: Dries Van Noten on deciding to grow his burgeoning beauty line
For Dries Van Noten, 2024 has been a landmark year. After stepping down from fashion in June, the designer speaks to Wallpaper* about a new focus on nurturing the brand’s beauty line and spending more time in his beloved garden
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Discothèque perfumes evoke the scent of Tokyo in the year 2000
As Discothèque gets ready to launch its first perfume collection, Mary Cleary catches up with the brand’s founders
By Mary Cleary Published
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Inside the making of Loewe Perfumes’ porcelain bottle toppers, delicately crafted by Lladró
Loewe Perfumes’ limited edition flask toppers are crafted by Spanish porcelain company Lladró. Mary Cleary takes a look inside the making process, as featured in the October 2024 issue of Wallpaper*
By Mary Cleary Published
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Watch: Jamie Dornan takes a bath in Le Corbusier’s villa for Loewe Perfumes
Jamie Dornan stars alongside Sophie Wilde in the new Loewe Perfumes 2024 campaign, shot by David Sims in Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye
By Hannah Tindle Published
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First look: Vyrao’s latest neuroscientific fragrance bottles the grounding effect of a digital detox
Vyrao’s earthy new fragrance ‘Mamajuju’ provides sensory respite from screen time. Lara Johnson-Wheeler speaks with brand founder Yasmin Sewell for a Wallpaper* preview
By Lara Johnson-Wheeler Published
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Trudon ‘Absolu’: an intoxicating orange blossom perfume for the start of autumn
Trudon ‘Absolu’, the house’s latest fragrance by Antoine Lie, blends orange blossom absolute with saffron, cardamom, tonka bean and guaiac wood
By Hannah Tindle Published
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The story behind Hermès’ ‘Barénia’, a perfume that took nearly ten years to make
Hermès’ ‘Barénia’ is the house’s first-ever chypre fragrance. Christine Nagel tells Wallpaper* why it was almost ten years in the making
By Hannah Tindle Published
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The new Maison Francis Kurkdjian perfume: ‘an intimate conversation between fragrance and skin’
Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s ‘APOM’ perfume is here. And, as Francis Kurkdjian tells Wallpaper*, it is the only fragrance he might consider wearing himself
By Mary Cleary Published
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First look: how Diptyque used synaesthesia to create its poetic new perfume collection
Diptyque’s new perfume collection, ‘Les Essences de Diptyque’, captures the scent of coral and mother of pearl. Ahead of its launch, the maison’s noses tell Wallpaper* how this was done
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Jouissance: the perfume brand turning erotic French literature into subversive scents
Jouissance has interpreted the literature of Anaïs Nin, Anne Desclos and Catherine Millet into perfume, brand founder Cherry Cheng tells Wallpaper*
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Luxury scented candles to intrigue the senses, as selected by Wallpaper*
The Wallpaper* edit of luxury scented candles spans from Celine and Bottega Veneta to Diptyque and Le Labo
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Marissa Zappas makes perfume that smells like tornadoes and birthday cake
Marissa Zappas has a radical imagination. Here, the perfumer talks with Jocelyn Silver about the new direction for her namesake brand
By Jocelyn Silver Published
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Summer perfumes that transport you to a dream vacation
Take a trip around the world with these unisex summer perfumes inspired by Californian beaches, Ibizan parties, Mexican jungles, and more
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Celine’s bath and body line expands with hand cream, hair mist and more
Celine launched its first bath and body range last year. Now the brand has expanded its offering, with a selection of new products designed to enhance the Parisian bathing
By Hannah Tindle Last updated
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Perfumer H collaborates with Michael Ruh on a bottle that captures the ‘mesmerising qualities of molten glass’
Perfumer H’s Lyn Harris and glassblower Michael Ruh unite to create a fragrance bottle that celebrates an uncompromising dedication to craft
By Mary Cleary Published
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Celine’s new fragrance Zouzou is inspired by 1960s heroines
Celine debuts a new fragrance, Zouzou, inspired by Hedi Slimane’s obsession with 1960s youth culture
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Discover Acqua di Parma’s new Mandarino di Sicilia fragrance at Milan Design Week 2024
Acqua di Parma and Fornice Objects bring the splendour of Sicilian mandarin fields to Milan to celebrate new fragrance Mandarino di Sicilia
By Simon Mills Published
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Bleu Nour is a new perfume brand bottling the sexy scent of cannabis
Bleu Nour is shaking things up in the London world of perfumery with Canna Crush, a new cannabis-based fragrance
By Mary Cleary Published
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Ayond fragrances bottle the healing power of the desert
Ayond, the Santa Fe brand known for its rejuvenating botanical skincare, has translated the same desert ingredients into three fragrances that combat mental stress and fatigue
By Mary Cleary Published
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Hermès’ Oud Alezan perfume captures the emotional bond between horse and human
Hermès’ nose Christine Nagel tells of her chance meeting with a horse named Scheherazade, which formed the inspiration behind new fragrance Oud Alezan
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Selahatin is a luxury oral care brand making ‘perfume for your mouth’
Selahatin was founded on the idea that brushing your teeth should be a pleasurable act of self-care, with perfumed mouthwash, toothpaste, and more
By Madeleine Rothery Published
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Home fragrances to reset the mood of your living space
These home fragrances will refresh and reset your living space for the year ahead, with scents by Frédéric Malle, Celine, Diptyque, and more
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Boxing Day: seductive beauty packaging from the past year
On Boxing Day, we reflect on some of the most seductive beauty packaging of 2023, from Hermès to Rabanne
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Bastille Parfums: the French fragrance house blending technology with olfactory craft
Bastille Parfums is on a mission to shift the perception of high-end fragrance
By Mary Cleary Published
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Story mfg’s new perfume captures the scent of rain
Story mfg, the Brighton-based slow fashion brand, has released two evocative debut scents
By Mary Cleary Published
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Enter the Perfumer H flagship, a ‘bygone apothecary’ with contemporary flair
Perfumer H founder Lyn Harris shows Wallpaper’s Mary Cleary why the new London location provides its most bespoke brand experience yet
By Mary Cleary Published
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Behind the scenes of Timothée Chalamet’s Martin Scorsese-directed Chanel campaign
An exclusive first look at Timothée Chalamet and Martin Scorsese’s Bleu de Chanel campaign
By Tianna Williams Published