Index of General Perfume Articles

This page lists general interest articles about perfume. If you’re looking for information on a specific perfume, see Fragrance Reviews or New Perfumes.

A number of articles that used to be listed here have been moved elsewhere. The old section on Fragrance Awards has been moved to its own page, as has the section on the Monday Mail. You can find the “5 Perfumes” series here, the seasonal Top 10 posts here, the lazy polls here, and the perfumista tip series here. All of the gift suggestion posts (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Holiday) can be found under the tag “gifts”, and the limited edition collector bottles are here.

This page was last updated on 3 November 2009.

100 Fragrances Every Perfumista Should Try

1933: The Year in Perfume

(The) Allure of the Discontinued Scent

An open letter to Olivia Giacobetti

Are you a niche snob?

Are you influenced by fragrance packaging?

At the 2009 FiFi Finalists Awards

(The) Beauty of the Soliflore

Becoming a perfumista

Building a fragrance library: five “must-have” books for beginners
Building a fragrance library: five suggestions for advanced readers

(The) Cashmere Sweater of Scent

Changing Tastes

Chocolates & perfumes, part 1 ~ Dolfin
Chocolates & perfumes, part 2 ~ coffee, cacao nibs
Chocolates & perfumes, part 3 ~ fruits & nuts

Choosing a Perfume for Thanksgiving

Choosing Perfume for a Happy New Year

Curating a Perfume Collection

(The) damage so far: first quarter 2008 buying poll, second quarter 2008, third quarter 2008, fourth quarter 2008.

(A) Day of Work, Vintage Clothing, and Perfume

DC Sniffage

De gustibus non est disputandum ~ random thoughts on perfume snobbery

Do-It-Yourself Lavender Floral Water

(A) Few Fragrant Wishes for 2006
(A) Few Fragrant Wishes for 2007
(A) Few Fragrant Wishes for 2008

Five Cult Classic Fragrances

Floral Aldehydes: Twenty More

(The) Fragrance Wardrobe, part 1
(The) Fragrance Wardrobe, part 2 ~ Comfort Scents
(The) Fragrance Wardrobe, part 3 ~ Scents for Business and Special Occasions
(The) Fragrance Wardrobe, part 4 ~ Perfume for Seduction
(The) Fragrance Wardrobe, part 5 ~ All The Rest

How to choose a fragrance: Parfumerie Nasreen

How much perfume is too much?

How Much Perfume Knowledge is Too Much?

How to Help a Friend Choose Perfume

How to Sell Perfume

If you had to choose one perfume house…

I Know What I Don’t Like

In Fragrance, Never Say Never

Lament of a Penniless Perfumista

(The) Language of Perfume

(The) Leather Sisters ~ a perfume story

(The) Lonely Perfumista

Masculines and feminines

(The) Meaning of Perfume

(The) Morality of Scent

More Jobs, More Perfume Choices

(A) New Day, a New Perfume

News flash: there are WAY too many perfumes
News flash #2: buying perfume is REALLY dull these days

New to perfume and want to learn more?

Notes on New York and Perfume

Notes on perfume and context

Now Smell This meets Feminine Hijinx
Now Smell This meets Feminine Hijinx, round 2

Ofrenda (Fragrance and The Day of The Dead)

On buying mainstream perfume at chain stores online: the good, the bad, the ugly, and a poll

On Perfume: Beauty in Ugliness

On perfume samples, or why it is easier to be a niche snob

On perfume storage, Tan Giudicelli Annam, and other random thoughts for Friday
On perfume storage, part 2, with an aside on Jean Patou Sira des Indes
On perfume storage, part 3 ~ housing your collection

Paris and perfume

People Who Like Perfume and People Who Love It

Perfume and Age

Perfume and Emotion

Perfume and Silk Stockings

Perfume and The In Between Season

Perfume and the Lavish Hand

Perfume blogging & ethics

Perfume budgeting
Perfume budgeting, part 2, and a perfume buying poll
Perfume budgeting, part 3, and a “true confessions” poll

Perfume: choosing with your heart

Perfume Confession

Perfume Criticism

Perfume For A Picnic

Perfume for an imaginary autumn

Perfume for Life: How Long Will Your Fragrance Collection Last?

Perfume for the Prom

Perfume Initiation

Perfume Insults & A Quiz

Perfume Mysteries

Perfume Odds and Ends

Perfume Resolutions for 2007

Perfume: The Best of 2005
Perfume: The Best of 2006
Perfume: The Best of 2007
Perfume: The Best of 2008

Perfumes for a Dame

Perfumes For Valentine’s Day Romance, Part 1: The Big Guns
Perfumes For Valentine’s Day Romance, Part 2: A Little Subtlety, Please

(The) Perfume We Aspire To

(A) Perfumista Lexicon

Powder cravings

Profile of a Perfumista: Diane

Random thoughts for Friday, and a fashion & fragrance poll

Scent and Hair Color

Scented Lip Balms: A Round-Up for Winter 2007

Searching for the Holy Grail

Selling Perfume and Glamour in the 1930s

Sexy perfumes ~ a poll

Smell, Memory, and the Seventh Sense

Sniffing at Nordstrom: the Spring Fragrance Festival

Things I wish I’d known as a newbie perfumista, part 1, part 2

Three fragrances for a confident Valentine’s Day

Top Selling Perfumes of 2005
Top Selling Perfumes of 2006

Underappreciated Perfumes

Wedding Perfumes

What makes a good feminine fragrance for men?

What perfume do I wear today?

When First Class Perfume is Second Best

White Flower Failure


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