A Few Links to Consider
- Basenotes
- A whole online community dedicated to fragrance, how cool is that? Very helpful, interesting forums that may be addictive to perfume lovers, and the many reviews by community members are extremely useful and informative, I've found. Site has some commercial aspects, including a store with some fun items (t-shirts, for example). Highly recommended.
- The Fragrance Foundation
- The Fragrance Foundation is the non-profit, educational arm of the international fragrance industry, and devotes its energies to creating an atmosphere of understanding and appreciateion of the benefits and pleasures of fragrance in all its many forms. Home of the FiFi Awards (known as "The Oscars of the Fragrance World".
- Now Smell This
- A blog about perfume, with some very good information, reviews, and a lively crowd of regular readers who contribute interesting comments and discussion.
- SmellyBlog
- A weblog by Ayala Sender, the Nose and the founder of Ayala Moriel Parfums, who creates natural artisan and bespoke perfumes that are inspired by her deepest emotions and memories from her childhood landscapes of the Mediterranean. Good reading.
- Scented Pages
- A virtual library catalogue dedicated to the culture of scent. It contains an extensive bibliography on the history and culture of perfume, a dedicated press archive, a miscellaneous collection of articles and literary excerpts related to perfumery, and a compendium with relevant addresses.
- Wikipedia: Perfume
- I love Wikipedia, loads of cool information. This page has lots of good stuff if you're a perfume lover, although I note that the fragrance "families" they give is slightly different from what I've seen elsewhere. Interesting stuff, well worth checking it out.
- Fabulous Fragrances
- The official site for Fabulous Fragrances, featuring popular perfume books, syndicated beauty columns, and digital content licensing. This informative guide to popular women's perfumes was sold in major department and bookstores across the United States and quickly rose to best-seller status. Check out the website for an absolute wealth of information!
- International Perfume Museum
- Inaugurated in 1989 at Grasse, "the cradle of traditional perfumery", the International Perfume Museum's exceptional collections retrace the history of perfumes, and also that of soap, and make-up and cosmetics, over 4,000 years. The website is really interesting, too, lots of good information relating to perfumes. Very good reading, particularly the history.
- Perfume 2000
- The leading information provider for the Perfume and Fragrance Industries. A cutting edge site that includes new fragrances launches, history and information about the industry. Can be a bit tricky to navigate the site, as there's a lot of industry-specific stuff there, but once you find your way around, it's extremely informative for anyone from the casual perfume wearer to retailers to industry professionals.
- The Body Shop
- The Body Shop offers a full assortment of naturally-inspired products, including bath & body, men's and women's skincare, and creative gift ideas for a variety of occasions. They also offer classic and unique fragrances, home fragrances, makeup, and accessories. This is also where I get the very nice unscented lotion I use as a base to make fragrances last longer!
- FragranceNet.com
- Fantastic selection of items, good prices, and they do ship internationally. Highly recommended.
- FragranceX.com
- Good selection, very good prices, ship internationally. Great site, excellent people to do business with.
- StrawberryNET.com
- Discount prices on perfumes and cosmetics, and free shipping anywhere in the world (yes, really!)
- Perfume.com.au
- Very good customer service, fast delivery (to Australia and New Zealand), a guarantee of authenticity, and a very nice, wide variety of perfumes.
