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Storm light over a Minnesota lake with fragrance decants, lemon peel, mint and vetiver
The CryoGear Scent Forecast — Minnesota, Aug 28–Sep 5
A weather forecast, but for fragrance: what to wear through Minnesota's warm, muggy, thundery last week of summer — and the one scent to keep in the closet. Read more...
Caswell-Massey Distiller's Lounge Eau de Parfum in amber light beside its navy box
The House That Outlived Everyone: Caswell-Massey at 274
Founded in Newport in 1752, Caswell-Massey has outlived the country it came to perfume. Five fragrances in the CryoGear vault trace that long history — and the whiskey-dark newcomer is... Read more...
Five Art Deco perfume bottles before a frosted window with radiating gold light and falling snow
In Defense of the Decant
Buy the romance. Skip the marriage. On the civilized economics of the decant — and why the smallest pour in the vault is a full week of wearing. Read more...
Four Amouage decants — Epic Man, Jubilation XXV, Opus V Woods Symphony, and Overture Man
Amouage, Lately Arrived: Four New Decants Join the Reflections
The vault admits four newcomers from Muscat — Epic Man, Jubilation XXV, Opus V Woods Symphony, and Overture Man — bringing the Amouage shelf to six. Read more...