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In 2015, when I heard that Christian Dior was bringing out a new men’s fragrance, I was very excited.  Not only am I a great admirer of Dior’s current perfumer, Francois Demachy, but as designer fragrances go, Dior tends to be quite daring and generally sets trends.  Just think of Dior homme with its, then…

Baccarat Rouge 540 was originally created by nose Francis Kurkdjian in conjunction with the famous crystal house of Baccarat to celebrate their 250th anniversary and was an ode to the beautiful ruby coloured crystal the house is famous for.  In order to achieve the intense red of the crystal, 24 carat gold is added and then heated up to 540 degrees Celsius, hence the “540” in the name.  Only 250…

Of all the great perfumes on the shelves of fragrance boutiques; and of all the “Perfume Elite’s” prive ranges, boasting arrogant price tags; and all the rage of niche perfumery with its immodist ingredients made in small batches: I can’t get this commonplace and somewhat coarse fragrance out of my mind. It’s been years now…

  Now let me take Paolo’s question of what makes a fragrance male or female further. Sometimes we don’t care about what others think and we, for whatever personal reason, love a certain fragrance whether it is appropriate to wear as a perfume or just to enjoy alone. One of my favourite fragrances for women…