Explore Themes
These thematic guides will help you navigate products, perfume notes, styles and seasons with ease. Most edits come with a corresponding pack of perfume samples illustrating the topic.
The Halloween season of ghouls, spooks, the undead and the better-off-dead is your chance to let your freak flag fly, perfume-wise. This is a witches’ coven of the most provocative and terrifying fragrances in our collection.
In this theme:
- T-Rex by Zoologist
- A Whiff of Waffle Cone by Imaginary Authors
- Bull's Blood by Imaginary Authors
- Goat by Wolf Brothers
- Mushroom Forest by Foras
- Venice Rococo by Arquiste
If there ever was an ingredient that was all things to all perfumes, it would be patchouli. This humble Indonesian shrub produces leaves that conjure rich woods, humid earth, dried fruit, smoky leather, sweet amber and beyond, depending on how perfumers manipulate it. By the time you get a handle on the multitudinous ways this versatile material can smell, you must conclude that truly, patchouli is unruly.
In this theme:
- Une Amourette by Etat Libre d'Orange
- Beso Negro by Beso Beach
- Patchouli Nosy Be by Perris Monte Carlo
- Ambre Royal by Ormonde Jayne
- Patchouli & Labdanum by 100BON
- Pomme Amoris by Place des Lices
What the fig?! As well you might ask, because the surprise of this fragrant offering is that it’s practically a perfume genre all by itself. Every part of the fig tree can be expressed in perfume form: the jammy fruit, the milky leaves, the mellow wood — all subsumed in salty-green freshness. Savour the many-splendoured facets of fig with this edit.
In this theme:
- A Grove By The Sea by Arquiste
- Figue by Molinard
- Blanc Polychrome by Atelier des Ors
- Borderline Neroli by Laserra
- Mulberry Fig by Floris
- Passion Figuier by Place des Lices
Ahoy all you sailors and swimmers! Make a splash with this dream of a marine theme encompassing the diffusive freshness of aquatic fragrances. The range is as vast as the oceans, from watery wonders, clifftop ozonics and pebble beaches, to dreamy driftwoods, sunkissed skin and poolside cocktails.
In this theme:
- Sydney Rock Pool by Arquiste
- Tonnerre by Beaufort
- Entre Ciel et Mer by Pierre Guillaume Cruise/Croisiere
- Sous Le Pont Mirabeau by Etat Libre d'Orange
- Penguin by Zoologist
- Rock Star by CARNER
“A rose is a rose is not just a rose,” as Gertrude Stein might have written, had she smelled this multidimensional edit of the classic perfumery floral. How many different ways can a rose smell gorgeous? Try leathery, minty, spicy, musky and more with this surprising collection to tickle your nose. All arise for a rose!
In this theme:
- Rien by Etat Libre d'Orange
- Rose de Taif by Perris Monte Carlo
- Antigua by Phaedon Paris
- NSFW by BORNTOSTANDOUT
- Rose by Molinard
- Saladin by Alexander
This wet and wild edit is a cloudburst of fragrances redolent of rain. From steaming to soaking, foggy to soggy, this selection highlights the evocative effect of petrichor: the smell of rain on earth. Whether brought to you by geosmin, patchouli or oud, you can skip the umbrella, because the only place this rain is forecast is in your nose.
In this theme:
- Terror & Magnificence by Beaufort
- King Cobra by Zoologist
- Mushroom Forest by Foras
- Boar by Wolf Brothers
- Bohemian by SweDoft
- MUD by BORNTOSTANDOUT
The olfactory magic of iris is buried deep in the root: the rhizome, to be precise. Once processed, it can assume a variety of guises: green, clean, fruity, musky, powdery, leathery, dirty-birdy and beyond. Whether you call it iris, orris, or “that irresistibly mysterious elixir”, it’s all here in this sample edit.
In this theme:
- Moth by Zoologist
- La Fin du Monde by Etat Libre d'Orange
- Stairway to Heaven by Jul Et Mad
- Arancia di Sicilia by Perris Monte Carlo
- Iris Pallida by Marie Jeanne
- Iris Shot by Olfactive Studio
Anyone for a cuppa? Even the very smell of tea is an invitation to take a deep breath, slow down and relax. In this survey of brews, we offer an impromptu tea ceremony celebrating the tea leaf’s wide range of nuances, from green to smoky to savoury…to imaginary.
In this theme:
- Vi et Armis by Beaufort
- Indigo Smoke by Arquiste
- Thé Basilic by Molinard
- Myrrhiad by Pierre Guillaume Black Collection
- Brume Matcha by Marie Jeanne
- Rainy City by MINT