Luisant Haze tonight for dinner. Karine Chevallier built this around a glowing, diffused tuberose wrapped in wild strawberry, cotton candy, pink pepper, musks, tonka, cardamom, and warm woods. On skin, it feels less like a heavy gourmand and more like sweetness suspended in air. Soft light, warm skin, expensive fabric, the blur of a city at night. The strawberry gives it a translucent fruity glow, the tuberose keeps it creamy and elegant, and the musks pull everything close to the body in a very intimate way. There is something nostalgic about it, but polished through a modern niche lens. One of the most interesting new releases I smelled at Paris Perfume Week this year. What’s your perfume tonight? #ThomasDeMonaco #LuisantHaze #LuxuryFragrance #NichePerfume #PerfumeTonight

Why Some Perfume Notes Give People the Ick Perfume is supposed to be beautiful, but anyone who spends enough time smelling fragrance knows there is a strange little underworld of scent reactions. One person smells neroli and thinks of sunlight on white linen. Another smells the same thing and says, “public bathroom.” One person finds blackcurrant bud juicy and chic. Another says cat pee. A white floral can feel creamy, expensive, and sensual, or it can suddenly become mothballs, old vase water, or something uncomfortably bodily.... /why-some-perfume-notes-give-people-the-ick/

My obsession is renewed. Mamma is home. #perfume #chanel #nicheperfume #fragrance

After years of smelling, buying, reviewing, and collecting perfume, I know what I come back to. These are the 10 bottles I would replace immediately: the perfumes tied to memory, repetition, skin, taste, and the idea of a true signature scent. Carolina Herrera 212 was the perfume I wore when I got married. Chanel 1957, Puredistance White, Mizensir Poudre d’Or, Mizensir Solar Blossom, Ormonde Jayne Levant, Danner & Flemming Iris Altesse, Meo Fusciuni Viole Nere, Chloé Nomade, and Gucci Bloom Profumo di Fiori all belong to the same world: iris, musk, orange blossom, jasmine, white florals, soft woods, powder, and light. I wrote the full piece on Elevated Classics. Read the article here: /the-best-10-perfumes-for-women/ Which perfume would you replace immediately? #PerfumeCollection #SignatureScent #LuxuryPerfume #BestPerfumesForWomen #ElevatedClassics

Zoologist was never supposed to be my collector era. Then Lovebird happened. Now Chameleon Tropical Blooms Edition has me looking at the house differently. A 2026 Antoine Lie tropical floral with ylang ylang, banana leaf, guava, passion fruit, vanilla, sandalwood, and cedarwood. Bright, lush, strange in the right way, and far more wearable than people expect from Zoologist. Maybe the brand’s softer side is the plot twist. Have you smelled Chameleon or Lovebird yet? #ZoologistPerfumes #ChameleonPerfume #AntoineLie #NichePerfume #LuxuryPerfume

Modern Perfumery Pays Homage to the Past with Spoturno 1921 I had smelled Spoturno 1921 before I understood it. It first came to me through the discovery set, the way many perfumes now enter our lives: in a small vial, at home, measured against other impressions. I knew it was beautiful. I could sense the quality. But I also know my own way of reading perfume. A first spray gives me information.... /modern-perfumery-pays-homage-to-the-past-with-spoturno-1921/

Cherry blossom has such a delicate kind of romance in perfume. It is pale petals, clean skin, soft powder, silk blouses, and the feeling of spring light caught on fabric. These are the cherry blossom perfumes in my collection that feel elegant, wearable, and grown. Featured in this edit: Amouage Blossom Love Cherry blossom, amaretto, heliotrope, ylang-ylang, rose, vanilla, suede, and amber. Chanel Comète Cherry blossom, aldehydes, iris, heliotrope, and musk. Altaia Don’t Cry For Me Cherry flower, jasmine tea, freesia, heliotrope, cashmere wood, and ambrette. Fueguia 1833 New York, Gabriela Hearst Cherry blossom, tobacco, rose, palo santo, maple, cedar, patchouli, vanilla, and tonka. Galimard Ruby Chéri Morello cherry, almond, cherry blossom, coffee, magnolia, sandalwood, musk, and vanilla. Which cherry blossom perfume do you think feels the most grown? #perfume #fragrance #cherryblossom #nicheperfume #perfumecollection

What does emotion smell like? That is the question behind Investi Parfums, a young niche perfume house founded by Ahmet Sahin, a Turkish founder based in the Netherlands. Before creating Investi, Sahin worked in criminal investigation and behavioral profiling, studying facial microexpressions and the small involuntary reactions people reveal before they can explain what they feel. That idea became the foundation of the house: perfume as emotional sequence, not just notes on a pyramid. The discovery set is powerful, textured, and very long-lasting. These are not shy perfumes. Find Me is dark fruit, brown sugar, rum, vanilla, oakmoss, and patchouli. Deep, sensual, and forceful. Sinan feels calm, polished, and quietly expensive with mandarin, bergamot, gingergrass, benzoin, woods, musk, amber, and patchouli. Vanilla Date is the most immediately lovable: tonka, cherry, marzipan, dates, figs, vanilla absolute, sandalwood, amber, and musk. The Architect is the most ambitious, built around spices, florals, orris butter, violet, ambergris, woods, musk, vanilla, and patchouli. priority:orange is the bright one: bergamot, grapefruit, lemon, neroli, orange blossom, and musk. Citrus peel, white petals, sunlight, and clean skin. Investi is still a young house, but the concept is strong, the materials are serious, and the perfumes absolutely have presence. Read the full review on Elevated Classics. Which one would you smell first? #nicheperfume #perfumetiktok #fragrancetiktok #extraitdeparfum #elevatedclassics

What does emotion smell like? My latest article looks inside Investi Parfums, a young perfume house exploring memory, material quality, and emotional storytelling through scent. Read the full review on Elevated Classics: /investi-parfums-review-a-new-voice-in-niche-perfumery/ Have you tried Investi yet? #investiparfums #nicheperfume #perfumereview #fragrancereview #elevatedclassics @investi_parfums @atelier_francais_des_matieres

Jasmine perfumes for grown women. Not the flat, screechy kind. I mean jasmine with texture, polish, and depth: creamy white flowers, tobacco, musk, tuberose, orange blossom, woods, vanilla, powder, and a little shadow. These are the jasmine perfumes in my collection that feel sensual, elegant, and beautifully grown: Amouage Portrayal Jasmine, tobacco, vanilla, elemi. Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower Tuberose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, orange blossom, coconut, musk. Serge Lutens La Religieuse Jasmine, musk, civet. Givenchy L’Interdit Intense Tuberose, sesame, orange blossom, vanilla, patchouli, vetiver. Chanel Gabrielle Jasmine, orange blossom, ylang-ylang, tuberose, sandalwood, musk. Reine de Saba Aksoum Egyptian jasmine, orange blossom, tuberose, musk, patchouli, sandalwood. Marc-Antoine Barrois Tilia Linden blossom, jasmine sambac, broom, heliotrope, orange blossom, vetiver. Gucci Bloom Ambrosia d’Oro Jasmine sambac, tuberose, ginger, Ambrox Super, sandalwood, patchouli. Jasmine can be clean, creamy, sensual, animalic, radiant, or deeply elegant. That is why I never get tired of it. Which jasmine perfume do you love most? #jasmineperfume #whiteflorals #perfumetiktok #fragrancetiktok #grownwomanperfume

Perfumes I want to smell next, because the new fragrance landscape is getting very interesting. Fruity florals, solar woods, incense, modern musks, soft spice, and a little bit of drama. These are the ones catching my attention right now. LUISANT HAZE by Thomas de Monaco Perfumer: Karine Chevallier Family: Floral Fruity Gourmand Notes: Wild strawberry, pink pepper, cardamom, tuberose, cotton candy, Amber Xtreme, Safraleine, tonka bean, white musk MEMORY OF THE SUN by Mizensir Perfumer: Alberto Morillas Family: Oriental Floral Notes: Bergamot, Ambroxan, Paradisone, raspberry, tuberose, Peru balsam, sandalwood, vanilla, benzoin, amber, musk ROSE GRAFFITI by Les Bains Guerbois Perfumer: Jean-Claude Ellena Family: Fruity Floral Musk Notes: Passionfruit, rose centifolia, musk KLEOPATRA by ANTI Perfumer: Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann Notes: Almond milk, black pepper, cinnamon, jasmine, musk, vanilla, sandalwood, amberwoods CARMEN by Trudon Perfumer: Émilie Bouge Family: Woody Spicy Amber Notes: Bergamot, grapefruit, rum, oak wood, clove, leather, tobacco, labdanum, moss, patchouli, Ambroxan LET’S PRETEND by Etat Libre d’Orange Perfumer: Nisrine Bouazzaoui-Grillié Family: Fruity Spicy Woody Notes: Mandarin, pink pepper, saffron, peach, osmanthus, jasmine sambac, cedarwood, Akigalawood, Georgywood, styrax, benzoin SHIU 25 by Le Labo Perfumer: Unconfirmed publicly Family: Woody Incense Floral Notes: Pink pepper, camphor wood, iris, frankincense Which one would you want to smell first? #perfumetiktok #fragrancetiktok #nicheperfume #luxuryfragrance #perfumeedit sotd newperfumes perfumecommunity fragrancecollector elevatedclassics

Modern Perfumery Should be Going Back to the Past This morning, while spraying Chanel Allure, I caught myself singing “Going Back to Cali,” LL Cool J’s 1988 song about desire, glamour, and the strange pull of Los Angeles. It made me laugh because I actually did grow up in California, and Allure was one of the perfumes I wore then. For a second, it felt like a private joke between my younger self and the woman standing at the vanity now, surrounded by far more bottles than she ever had in Los Angeles.... /modern-perfumery-should-be-going-back-to-the-past/