When a dress designer steps outside their area of expertise to create a scent, there’s a risk. When you hear it contains aaalllll the Big White Flowers, you double down. What Steven Khalil has created is the stuff of dreams…
Scent Selectors: David Frossard, Frapin
That time a travelling salesman with a French accent plied me with cognac, motorbikes, and tales of the high seas…
Miu Miu L’Eau Rosee (and why I think Bleue is better)
It is mean to put these two cuties into competition? Maybe it’s more like a playful kitten romp. With a winner.
Bvlgari Splendida Magnolia Sensuel
This scent, summarised in a word. OK possibly with a bit of filler but really, it only took one.
Calvin Klein Obsessed
The fragrance clings to skin, clothes, sheets, just like a memory, long-gone but lingering nevertheless. Raf Simons goes on a nostalgia spree with Obsessed.
Cult: Olfactive Studio
You know that feeling when you’re in a place so distinct, you can smell it? Even if that place is a memory of the mind? Yeah, so does Celine Verleure, and about 5000 of her closest friends. Together, they made Olfactive Studio.