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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. The section on Fragrance Awards has been moved to its own page.

This page was last updated on 10 May 2008.

100 Fragrances Every Perfumista Should Try

1933: The Year in Perfume

5 Perfumes for: a Scrooge
5 Perfumes for: Creatures of the Night
5 Perfumes for: Men Who Want to Borrow
5 perfumes for: Sleeper Seekers
5 Perfumes for: the Privacy of Your Own Home
5 Perfumes for: the Winter Blues
5 Perfumes for: Women Who Want to Borrow

An open letter to Olivia Giacobetti

Are you a niche snob?

Are you influenced by fragrance packaging?

Becoming a perfumista

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

Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles (2007)
Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles, part 2 (2007)
Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles, part 3 (2007)

Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles 2008, part 1
Bunch o' limited edition collector bottles 2008, part 2

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

Curating a Perfume Collection

(The) damage so far: first quarter 2008 buying poll

(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

Fragrance gifts for Father's Day 2007 part 1, part 2

Fragrance gifts for Mother's Day 2006 part 1, part 2, part 3
Fragrance gifts for Mother's Day 2007 part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5
Fragrance gifts for Mother's Day 2008 part 1, part 2, part 3

(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

Holiday fragrance gifts 2005 part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6
Holiday fragrance gifts 2006 part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5
Holiday fragrance gifts 2007 part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6

How to choose a fragrance: Parfumerie Nasreen

How much perfume is too much?

How to Sell Perfume

(The) Language of Perfume

Lazy Monday poll ~ how many bottles have you got?
(A) lazy Friday poll: a friend is going to Paris...
(Another) lazy Friday poll: discontinued perfumes
(Still another) lazy Friday poll ~ you have $30 to spend...
Lazy Friday poll ~ you read, you buy...
Lazy Friday poll ~ your "out of character" perfume loves
Lazy Wednesday poll ~ your dream perfume?

(The) Leather Sisters ~ a perfume story

(The) Lonely Perfumista

(The) Morality of Scent

More Jobs, More Perfume Choices

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

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 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

Perfume and Age

Perfume and Emotion

Perfume and Silk Stockings

Perfume and The In Between Season

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 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

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

(A) Perfumista Lexicon

Perfumista tip: how to apply perfume
Perfumista tip: how to buy vintage perfume
Perfumista tip: how to decant perfume
Perfumista tip: how to find out if a fragrance is discontinued
Perfumista tip: how to get fragrance samples, free or otherwise
Perfumista tip: how to remove fragrance from skin
Perfumista tip: how to swap for perfume
Perfumista tip: on lists of fragrance notes, why they matter & why they don't
Perfumista tip: on perfume layering

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

Sexy perfumes ~ a poll

Smell, Memory, and the Seventh Sense

Sniffing at Nordstrom: the Spring Fragrance Festival

Three fragrances for a confident Valentine's Day

Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2007

Top 10 Spring Fragrances 2008

Top 10 Summer Fragrances 2005
Top 10 Summer Fragrances 2007

Top 10 Winter Fragrances 2008

Top Selling Perfumes of 2005
Top Selling Perfumes of 2006

Underappreciated Perfumes

Wedding Perfumes

When First Class Perfume is Second Best

White Flower Failure