The Journal

Essays on scent

The slow art of maceration

Why every extrait rests for eight weeks before it is filtered, and what changes in the dark.

Bulgarian, Turkish, May rose: how one flower becomes five different perfumes.

Birch tar, benzoin and vetiver: the materials that make a perfume feel like a fire in the next room.

Bright notes fade first. Here is how we keep neroli and bergamot on the skin into the afternoon.

Numbering, sealing and packing every flacon by hand, on a Tuesday in Grasse.

A heavier base under a lighter top: three pairings from the house to start with.