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– By all accounts, back in the 1990s, when it first appeared, Mugler Angel was a flop.

If Gabrielle is the Chanel perfume I most frequently forget exists, then Coco Mademoiselle is the one I most struggle to understand.

I’m teaching at a perfumery school for 10 years, and we look at what our elders have done, and what history has to teach.

Unless you’ve been held captive on a remote island by a lusty witch for the last few months, you’ll be aware that the most anticipated movie of the summer is Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Please click on this link for my YouTube and Substack reviews of: the entirety of the Jovoy range, vintage Davidoff Zino, Guerlain Absolus Allegoria Florabloom, Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess (2026), The Lab Co Violet Riot, Zadig & Voltaire This Is Him, Zadig

For my rundown of the best perfumes of the year so far, please click on this Substack link: the best perfumes of 2026, so far.

Please click on this link for my YouTube and Substack reviews of: Les Indemodables Cafe Arabesque, The Merchant Of Venice Renaissance and Fine Scents Joie De Sannes, Eminence, Fashionably Late and Maze Of Dreams.

As the longest day of the year approaches, it’s time to present another seasonal Top 10.

Please click on this link for my YouTube and Substack reviews of: Christian Dior Dior Paradise; Neela Vermeire Creations Neith; Etat Libre D’Orange Let’s Pretend; L’Objet Delphes.

At 5:30 pm on Wednesday 15th July, I’ll be hosting a Meet The Perfumer event at Harrods in London, during which I’ll be talking to Givaudan perfumer Jordi Fernandez about Nihilismus, his latest creation for Etat Libre D’Orange.