Great-smelling hair is one of those alluring attributes eulogised by pop stars and poets. “Long, long let me breathe the fragrance of your hair,” wrote Charles Baudelaire in his 1869 poem “Un ...
The perfumer dips a tester into one of the tiny glass vials aligned on the desk in front of him. There are dozens of them, with labels identifying various dilutions of compounds such as methyl ...
“Violet. Rose. Synthetic beaver gland secretions,” murmurs the 64-year-old British perfumer, proffering three bottles. Not everything in her Aladdin’s cave smells equally sublime; it’s not ...