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A tray of personally selected options for you to spritz your way through

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Indeed, the experience here is unlike anything you will likely find in a hectic department store. Take a seat in one of the plush private suites, refreshments in hand, and your concierge expert will bring a tray of personally selected options for you to spritz your way through – and keep spritzing until you find The One. There’s no obligation to buy, no nudge towards the checkout and crucially, no fragrance jargon.

— Liberty London has a new Fragrance Lounge. Read more in Inside Liberty’s perfume revolution at Harper's Bazaar UK.

This is the best thing I’ve ever smelled

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On his way out, there was a bottle of 2011 Dior Homme perfume. Ryan grabbed it and sniffed. “I was like, this is the best thing I’ve ever smelled!”

“That would be the point in my life that changed my entire life,” he said.

— Michael Ryan of San Francisco perfume store Ministry of Scent explains how he became interested in perfume. Read more in People We Meet: Michael Ryan from Ministry of Scent at Mission Local.

A battle that leaves consumers feeling defeated

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Whether it was spritzing on perfumes in a department store or fantasizing about a more organized home in the seemingly endless aisles of Bed Bath & Beyond, shopping was once a far more pleasurable experience than it is today. It was both a social and languid activity, an opportunity to connect with a friend or explore our materialistic desires in contented solitude. Retail therapy, we called it.

Now going to the store, whether it’s a Macy’s in a suburban mall or the neighborhood CVS — basically, all but the most luxury of retailers — is a battle that leaves consumers feeling defeated.

— Read more in “Going shopping” is dead at Vox.

Their boudoirlike perfume shop

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When Karl Bradl and Robert Gerstner opened their boudoirlike perfume shop in the West Village in 1995, they focused on hard-to-find fragrances — the kind they spotted in their friends’ well-appointed bathrooms. Today, their selection includes the Parisian perfumer Serge Lutens’s bold, spicy scents; the heady creations of the 223-year-old French perfume house Lubin; and the New York brand Nomenclature’s intriguing synthetic-molecule blends, such as a vegetal musk extracted from hibiscus seeds.

— Read more in The Beauty Stores, Near and Far, That Are Destinations in Their Own Right at The New York Times.

Charm and knowledge

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Tsefalas had the charm and knowledge to make any customer feel they were special. While a businessman, he never was a pushy salesman, instead handing out samples and giving recommendations after learning what impact a customer wanted to create with a fragrance.

— Chris Theodore Tsefalas of Portland's Perfume House has passed away at the age of 94. Read more in Perfume House founder Chris Tsefalas has died, leaving a legacy of class, charm and kindness at Oregon Live.

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