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There has been hubbub surrounding the politicization of a very popular perfume community.  It has provided Parfumo quite the windfall in terms of growing membership; I found this community...

As I've moved deeper into this hobby, I've made a lot of purchases and choices I regret. Here are some tips I'd give my more naive past self that other novices or dilettantes might find useful: 1. Notes don't mean much Fragrance notes and the note pyramid are among the first ways we learn how to describe...

Parfumo is excited to launch "Top Picks", a feature that allows users to creatively showcase their fragrance choices. Building on the top-rated fragrances page, this new addition...

When you click on a perfume in the collections, there is now a better preview. It replaces the "big" window and should make it easier to use. A number of other useful features have also been...

Disclaimer: This whole article is a ~30 minute read. All of the categories have accompanying lists with images at the end of the relevant categories - you may want to skim the post and read the parts...

Does this classification have a negative impact on the development of innovative fragrances in the perfume industry? Gauge...

The day we buried my grandmother I wore Calandre. It seemed soft and comforting, but also chic and somehow modern, despite being a perfume from the 1970s. As we stood around the family cemetery plot on that warm June morning, I would catch a bit of Calandre every now and then when there was a slight...

With the new "Profiler", we launched a new feature that lets you discover the most common fragrance notes, scent type and additional information about a fragrance...

If for some reason there was a situation that you could choose only one perfume house with you on a desert island for the rest of your life, which house would it be? This ancient question of a desert...

My dearest hobbies are fragrances, nails and photography. I'm going to combine all three in my blog. For a few years now my nail art has been inspired by perfume bottles, and this first blog post related to the subject...

There is a trend in fragrance reviews which is both amusing and mildly irritating.  The trend of which I speak is reviewers, who have never been in their fifties,  determining what fragrances are suitable for "women [and men] in their fifties," based the reviewers' dislike of the fragrance. ...

There must be a reason vanilla is a favourite fragrance for many people, even if not everyone likes it. When we say vanilla, we often associate it with vanilla body products, or with the creamy aroma...

As many of you already know, I'm a hopeless Star Wars geek, and one of my favourite things in the whole SW universe is Andor series. My dear friend Bhavnadarira once got this...

Happy November, my dear fragrant friends! What are you going to wear this month? Last week when I was photographing my selection for November 2023, I came up with this thought that...

Hey there, it's me (28F) who's back again, this time with a rant. I wasn't planning on polluting Parfumo with a negative rant, but I have to do it to get it out of my system.  A few weeks ago, as I was perusing...

Happy (almost) Valentine's Day, to those who celebrate! In the spirit of love, I've compiled a few of my favorite "cheapie" romantic fragrances. 💝 Valentine's Day reminds me of chocolate-dipped fruits,...