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, 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 27 January 2020.
100 Fragrances Every Perfumista Should Try
(The) Allure of the Discontinued Scent
Angela’s Fragrance Highlights of 2018
An open letter to Olivia Giacobetti
Are you influenced by fragrance packaging?
(The) Art of Scent 1889-2012 at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
At the 2009 FiFi Finalists Awards
Balmain’s Vent Vert Salad and Chicken
(The) Benefits of Loving Perfume
(A) brush with fame: perfume at the Oscars
Building a fragrance library: five "must-have" books for beginners
Building a fragrance library: five suggestions for advanced readers
Cabris and Art et Parfum ~ part one, part two
(The) Cashmere Sweater of Scent
Celebrity Fragrances I’d Like to See
(The) Charm of the Vintage Drugstore Boxed Set
Cherchez les femmes ~ or raiding the women’s perfume counter
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
Clean Air and Excess: The Perfect Perfume Boutique
(The) Cranky Perfumista (with apologies to the Cursing Mommy and no actual cursing)
(A) Day of Work, Vintage Clothing, and Perfume
Day to Night Perfume for Summer
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
(A) Few of My Favorite Holiday-Season Scents
(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
From Paris to the Mall to the Drugstore: the Smell-Alike
Goodbye Lilacs (and Musk and Lemon and Mint…)
(The) Good Life (including Perfume)
(The) Great Perfume Reduction Plan
Hanging Out at the International Perfume Bottle Association Conference
(The) Holiday Song Smell-Track
How Do You Choose Perfume for Travel?
How to choose a fragrance: Parfumerie Nasreen
How to Choose a Signature Fragrance, Part One :: Part Two
How Much Perfume Knowledge is Too Much?
How to Help a Friend Choose Perfume
How to smell like a million bucks
If you had to choose one perfume house...
Lament of a Penniless Perfumista
Lavender for Days ~ Sequim Lavender Festival 2011
(The) Leather Sisters ~ a perfume story
Lilly Dache’s Secrets of Lifelong Glamour
Lodge Chic: A Scented Adventure
(The) long haul perfumista ~ a not-rant and a quick poll
More Jobs, More Perfume Choices
Musée International de la Parfumerie (and a Story)
My Review Philosophy: What I Write About, What I Ignore…and a quick poll
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?
(The) Next Bottle of Perfume You Buy
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
Osmanthus: The Scent of Happiness
Out of the Bottle: A Welcome, with Meyer Lemons and Elderflower Cordial
Paris and perfume
Paris (and perfume): Day One
Paris (and perfume): Days Two and Three
People Who Like Perfume and People Who Love It
(The) Perfection of an Ingredient: a Perfumer in the Food World
Perfume and Enrichment: Not Just for Tigers
Perfume and The In Between Season
Perfume and the Power of Suggestion
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 for an imaginary autumn
Perfume for Life: How Long Will Your Fragrance Collection Last?
Perfume for When You’re Feeling Under the Weather
Perfume in Magazines: Seventeen, August 1967
Perfume is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Art World
Perfume: Make new friends but keep the old
Perfume on Skin: How Long Should It Last?
Perfume, Optimism, and the New Year
(The) Perfume That Gets Used First
Perfumes For Valentine's Day Romance, Part 1: The Big Guns
Perfumes For Valentine's Day Romance, Part 2: A Little Subtlety, Please
Perfume Storage and the Thrill of Rediscovery
Perfume to Celebrate Labor Day
Perfume to Weather the Holidays
Perfume: When Everything Old is New Again
Perfume: You Never Stop Learning
(A) Perfumista and a Wine Blogger Walk into a Bar ~ out of the bottle
Profile of a Perfumista: Diane
Random thoughts for Friday, and a fashion & fragrance poll
Scented Lip Balms: A Round-Up for Winter 2007
Selling Perfume and Glamour in the 1930s
Sissel Tolaas, scent artist ~ out of the bottle
Six Things I’ve Learned in Ten Years of Writing About Perfume
Smell, Memory, and the Seventh Sense
Sniffing at Nordstrom: the Spring Fragrance Festival
(The) state of things: a little rant, and a poll
Surfing the Tidal Wave of New Releases
Things I wish I'd known as a newbie perfumista, part 1, part 2
Thoughts on Labor Day (and Perfume)
Three fragrances for a confident Valentine's Day
Top Selling Perfumes of 2005
Top Selling Perfumes of 2006
Trygve Harris of Enfleurage, Part 1 and Part 2
What 2013 Taught Me About Perfume
What makes a good feminine fragrance for men?
What to Do When Your Favorite Perfume is Discontinued
What to do with all that perfume
What To Do With All Those Perfume Samples
When First Class Perfume is Second Best