Since Francis Kurkdjian exploded onto the scene with his very own line of fragrances back in 2009, his Maison has become one of the most lauded in perfumery. Kurkdjian, of course, is the olfactory phenom who has sniffed out such favorites as Narciso Rodriguez for Her, Acqua di Parma’s Iris Nobile, and Jean Paul Gaultier’s [...]

Blowing bubbles tends to be an activity reserved for easily amused children, but Francis Kurkdjian is looking to change all that. As far as the renowned nose is concerned, creating the delicate floating orbs is an ideal form of scentsory perception. Kurkdjian, who opened his own perfume house equipped with a laboratory-style atelier on Rue [...]

Ever since we were introduced to Francis Kurkdjian and his novel idea of putting fine fragrance into everyday household items (bergamot, Sicilian lemon, and musky wood laundry detergent, anyone?), we’ve been conscious of its absence elsewhere in the market place. So has Frédéric Fekkai, it would appear. The famed coif master has just introduced Fekkai [...]

First came Francis Kurkdjian’s laundry detergent and fabric softener, and now Frédéric Malle is entering the home category with the help of his frequent collaborators, the noses Carlos Benaïm and Dominique Ropion. Comprising nine new scents, the latest eaux to join Malle’s Editions de Parfums are available not only in candle form, but also as [...]

Francis Kurkdjian, the perfumer, is a genius among noses. As the creator of a host of iconic fragrances (three words: Gaultier’s Le Male), he has been that industry’s shining star since the ripe old age of 25. Kurkdjian the man is also something of a prodigy, albeit in an epically charming neat freak kind of [...]

As the fashion set relocates to Paris for the last leg of Spring shows, there are certain popular destinations that will likely fill whatever downtime the schedule allows. A trip to Les Puces, some vintage shopping in the Marais, a stop at Ladurée, perhaps. For the beauty-minded, there is one must-see attraction that should not [...]

Master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian has had a hand in pretty much every fragrance success story in the last 15 years. The go-to nose for the houses of Dior, Gaultier, Versace, and Saint Laurent—not to mention the mastermind behind Narciso Rodriguez’s eponymous best-sellers and Acqua di Parma’s classic Iris Nobile—he’s something of an industry giant, the [...]

When Romano Ricci broke onto the niche fragrance scene in 2006, his first foray into the olfactory world had success written all over it before his Juliette Has a Gun collection even hit counters. He has a fashion pedigree that dates back to one of the original twentieth-century couture houses (his great-grandmother is Nina of [...]