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The nose…
of an illustrator by Pascale Caussat

Odorama

The Herbarium: Blackcurrant bud by Patrice Revillard
Molecule under the microscope: Iso E Super by Olivier R.P. David
What’s that smell? Flowers (pollination, reproduction, protection) by Olivier R.P. David
Analysis: the car (new car smell, petrol, leather seats, the garage, magic trees) with scented pull-out card by Béatrice Boisserie

Connections

Artist: Peter de Cupere by Koan Jeff Baysa
Author: Baudelairean Aromas by Clara Muller
Open letter to a young perfumer by Jean-Claude Ellena
Olfactory portfolio: From Pigalle to Montmartre by Céline Ellena
Interview: Hippolyte Courty, owner of L’Arbre à café by Juliette Faliu
Perfumer’s Column, by Céline Ellena
Magazine

Interview: Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian by Sarah Bouasse
Report: Symrise Madagascan Vanilla by Cécile Clouet
Flashback: The Roaring Twenties by Yohan Cervi
The Fantasy Perfumery 1929: Louise Brooks, Agatha Christie, Helena Rubinstein, Al Capone, Charlie Chaplin, Duke Ellington by Léa Walter

Feature: The scent of sex

Sex sells: Seduction and the sexes in perfume advertising, by Delphine de Swardt
Incense, Cologne and testosterone: A history of male fragrance, by Eugénie Briot
Male/Female: How is gender characterised in scent?, by Denyse Beaulieu
Does love have an odour? Attraction through smell and hormones, by Éléonore de Bonneval
Pheromones: fact or fiction?, by Éléonore de Bonneval
The aroma of desire: sex dolls, strip clubs, scented products, love potions, by Guillaume Tesson

Perfume pages

Analysis: The impact of blogs Awards on perfume brands by Eddie Bulliqi
Meet the brand: Arquiste by Angela Sanders
A genealogy: Ambre Antique by Coty by Juliette Faliu and Alexis Toublanc
Opinion: Synesthesia by Alexis Toublanc

Perfume reviews and editors’ picks

Events/Books