United States / Scent, considered.
Fragrance / The cover story
Buying someone perfume is an intimate exercise. A newspaper with a two-word instruction is a good place to start.
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Elena Marsh
Fragrance
Coffee pouring into a perfume bottle is a visual fantasy, not a formula. It still asks a useful question about what we want from scent.
Fragrance
Before anyone has smelled the perfume, the scene has been set. On the ritual of the going-out scent.
Fragrance
Half bottle, half chocolate cake. The image makes its proposition clearly, and raises a question about how much sweetness is enough.
The review / Body wash
Five scented body washes, wear-tested and compared. A closer look at the ingredient lists, the mechanisms and what is actually left on your skin.
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Body & light
A shimmering body oil, an amber glow, and the suggestion that luxury has something to do with unhurried time.
Culture
Pink glass, tassels and three outstretched hands. How much does the object influence the experience of a perfume?
Culture
Ask someone to describe a meaningful perfume and they may skip the ingredients entirely.
Fragrance
Three bottles, three colours, one persuasive signal. A simpler way to think about a fragrance collection.
Fragrance
"Gone on a Date," reads the label. The more interesting ingredient in the photograph is expectation.
Fragrance
The shirt is on. The keys are waiting. One last gesture before leaving, and why it matters more than it looks.