This Gianni Versace perfume for men was launched just one year before its creator was murdered. It’s not like Kennedy of course, but I think every perfume enthusiast remembers where they were when Versace was murdered. I was in a friend’s house sunbathing in her garden, when the radio broke the news. Ok, I admit [...]

Beautiful Perfume, a classic from the eighties.

Angel perfume for women, either you love it or hate it. I have to confess that the first time I smelled Angel Perfume for women by fashion designer and photographer Thierry Mugler, I didn’t like it, or I should better say I really hated it. I thought it was a joke, a failed attempt  of [...]

Vera Wang Perfume Princess, sweet Rock ‘n Roll Vera Wang wedding dresses were the daydream of many women long before being featured in the Sex and the City movie. As happens to many in the field, the expansion to the world of perfumes and fragrances was simply natural, with the creation of Vera Wang perfumes [...]

Opium perfume for women, challenging bourgeois values one ad at the time. Opium perfume was the king of the 80s, and even though now it’s starting to show its age there’s no doubt that it’s here to stay. When it was launched in 1977, the name caused a lot of protests in the United States, [...]