#489 2026-09-20
Les Eaux Primordiales
ELEVATION
Toasted Sweetness and Memories of Home
A 2026 eau de parfum pairing pear and hazelnut with toasted sesame, vanilla, woods and soft musk, celebrating ten years of creation.
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#488 2026-09-19
Cartier
Oud & Santal Parfum
Sweet Woods for a Cool Evening
A 2016 parfum pairing oud with sweet sandalwood and plum, centred on syrupy sweetness and an enveloping woody texture.
#487 2026-09-18
Le Labo
MYRRHE 55
Flowers and Incense at Shanghai Dusk
Le Labo’s Shanghai City Exclusive pairs incense-like myrrh with jasmine, supported by patchouli, oud, ambergris and musk in a floral, resinous chypre.
#486 2026-09-17
Officine Universelle Buly
Iris de Malte
Soft Iris and Memories of an Island
Soft, powdery iris meets refreshing lemongrass, wood and incense in this alcohol-free Eau Triple fragrance, evoking clean linen in a Mediterranean island breeze.
#485 2026-09-16
Le Labo
VANILLE 44
Wood, Incense and Vanilla: A Trace of Paris
Paris’s City Exclusive layers soft vanilla with incense and a woody texture, suited to quiet moments in autumn and winter.
#484 2026-09-15
Maison Matine
Arashi No Umi
Green Apple and Flowers Across the Sea
Green apple and peach lead to flowers, woods and musk in Arashi No Umi. Its bright, fresh scent accompanies a story that links Japan with Atlantis and Zipangu, while Kyoko Nakamura's nostalgic bottle illustration adds familiar objects to the imagined journey.
#483 2026-09-14
Maison Matine
Poom Poom
Rose and Kiwi for Everyday Pleasures
A bright rose-and-kiwi eau de parfum with soft woods, musk and vanilla. Maison Matine describes its name as “a fizzy, high-energy blast.”
#482 2026-09-13
Aphorismes by Dominique Ropion
A Rose is a Rose
Rose for a Quiet Evening
A generous rose meets bright citrus and soft iris in a fragrance from Dominique Ropion's own named brand; Ropion is also the perfumer behind Portrait of a Lady. Its sculptural bottle echoes his design preferences. The concentration percentage is undisclosed, the bottle is 50ml, and the official price is EUR 290.
#481 2026-09-12
Serge Lutens
Muscs Koublaï Khan
Raw Skinlike Musk and Rose Sweetness for a Quiet Evening
Muscs Koublaï Khan pairs animalic musk recalling fur and perspiring skin with rose and sweet resins. The sweetness does not erase its raw, body-close character. Introduced in 1998, it rewards a very small skin test on a quiet autumn or winter evening.
#480 2026-09-11
CHANEL
ANTAEUS
Patchouli and Leather for a Cool Evening
ANTAEUS brings warm leather together with fresh herbs. Its mythological name, Jacques Polge’s recollections and comparisons with Égoïste and Bel Ami offer ways to understand its character on a cool autumn or winter evening.
#479 2026-09-10
Jean Paul Gaultier
Le Male Eau de Toilette
Cold Mint and Warm Vanilla, Cleanliness and Sensuality
Cold mint moves through shaving-soap lavender into warm vanilla in Jean Paul Gaultier’s 1995 Le Male Eau de Toilette. This episode follows its official three-note pyramid, Francis Kurkdjian’s early career, and the separate creation of its torso bottle.
#478 2026-09-09
Le Labo
CUIR 28
Dubai Leather with a Dark Vanilla Finish
Cuir 28 is Dubai’s City Exclusive: leather and wood meet musk and spicy, dark vanilla. Created by Nathalie Lorson, its powerful character suits cool autumn and winter evenings in small amounts.
#477 2026-09-08
Le Labo
BAIE ROSE 26
Rose and Pepper in a Luminous Chicago Night
A Chicago City Exclusive that layers bright pink pepper and clove with rose, dry cedar, and soft musk in a fragrance shaped by jazz.
#476 2026-09-07
The PERFUME OIL FACTORY
21 Wind on the Third Time
Cool Greenery, Soft Musk, and a Quiet Saturday Evening
Cool ozone and dry juniper move toward soft white musk in a perfume oil inspired by the undecided freedom of Saturday evening.
#475 2026-09-06
Hermès
Voyage d'Hermès
Cool Juniper and the Quiet Finish of Dry Woods
Cool lemon and juniper move through bitter tea into dry cedar and musk in an Eau de Toilette shaped around the alert feeling of setting out.
#474 2026-09-05
Le Labo
MUSC 25
White Musk with a Nocturnal Shadow
A Los Angeles City Exclusive where luminous aldehydes and clean musk meet the darker pull of vetiver, ambergris, and vegan civet.
#473 2026-09-04
TOM FORD BEAUTY
Tobacco Chocolat
Orange Light Through Bitter Cacao and Smoke
Launched nationally in Japan on 4 September 2026, this Amber Gourmand centres Cocoa Smoke, a co-distillation of roasted tobacco leaf and dark chocolate, then moves from bright orange through bitter cacao into dry tobacco and warm resins.
#472 2026-09-03
Etat Libre d'Orange
Above the Waves
Stillness of Two Teas and Incense
A tea fragrance moving from bright bergamot and cardamom through green maté and Ceylan tea to restrained incense and dry woods, framed by a dedication to Mazu, protector of sailors, and the ritual of pausing to breathe.
#471 2026-09-02
Frédéric Malle
Cologne Indélébile
Cleanliness and Sensuality in White Musk
An Eau de Parfum layering lemon and bergamot with orange blossom, narcissus, and white musk. The musk leaves both clean freshness and warmer sensuality, realizing the idea of an ‘indelible cologne.’
#470 2026-09-01
Le Labo
LYS 41
Sunlit White Flowers, Warmed by Vanilla and Musk
“Lys” is the French word for lily, yet LYS 41 brings jasmine, tuberose absolute, and lily together, warmed by woods, vanilla, and musks.
#469 2026-08-31
Le Labo
Cedrat 37
Sweet Heat Lighting Berlin in the Rain
Berlin’s City Exclusive moves from tart cedrat through candied ginger heat into warm woods and musk, joining resilient urban light with an intimate drydown that deserves several hours of wear.
#468 2026-08-30
Juliette Has A Gun
Banana Rush
When Banana Sweetness Turns into Warm Wood
A 2026 Eau de Parfum moving from ripe banana and maple through coconut and frangipani into warm vanilla and sandalwood. Mylène Alran turns Romano Ricci’s playful concept into a gourmand that develops beyond its fruit opening.
#467 2026-08-29
CHANEL
COCO MADEMOISELLE CRUSH ABSOLU
From Lychee to Deep Amber: The First Impact
A 2026 Eau de Parfum moving from lychee and grapefruit through rose and jasmine into dry patchouli, deep amber, vanilla and vetiver. Olivier Polge preserves the Coco Mademoiselle memory while giving it new immediacy and density.
#466 2026-08-28
Guerlain
L’Heure Bleue Eau de Parfum
Iris and Vanilla in the Light of the Blue Hour
Released nationwide in Japan on 28 August 2026, this floral amber moves from an airy Ozonic Accord through luminous Iris Tincture and Iris Butter into enveloping Vanilla. It shares the blue-hour theme of Guerlain’s 1912 fragrance but is not a revival or reformulation.