Perfume

How perfume found a devoted online audience in 2023

2023 saw the rise of PerfumeTok and the core-ification of fragrance as we all turned to scent to help us manifest and craft the perfect aesthetic for our hyper-niche personas

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Dec 22, 2023

Bee Beardsworth

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This perfumer discovered the scent of pure evil – and people love it

David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi’s brand Toskovat creates concept-based perfumes designed to evoke memories, from a Christmas-themed critique of capitalism with notes of cocaine, to a scent that reveals we are all just moths to the flame of evil

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Nov 30, 2023

Felicity Martin

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FALLING fragrance perfume oil RAMP TRAMP TRAMP STA

This fragrance smells like tripping and falling on the pavement

Australian brand Ramp Tramp Tramp Stamp has a new fragrance that captures the exhilaration, adrenaline and stillness that you experience when you trip and fall to the ground

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Nov 28, 2023

Alex Peters

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Fragrantica and the unhinged poetry of perfume reviews

IG account @itsmellscrazyinhere collects the best hidden gem reviews from Fragrantica and shows how people’s experience with fragrance can transcend scent to tell intimate stories about life, love and identity

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Nov 23, 2023

Elena Lazic

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Anxiety, credit cards and meth: when did fragrances get so abstract?

New perfumes are tapping into revulsion, dark emotions and bad memories – but what’s behind this rise in niche scents?

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Nov 15, 2023

Felicity Martin

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How people are using perfumes to tap into their ‘shadow selves’

In an age of toxic positivity, we’re increasingly being drawn to bad smells and fragrances that help us access the darker recesses of our psyche

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Oct 11, 2023

Lily McGonigal

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Hunter Schafer: ‘It’s freaky that a machine is deciding what we consume’

In a new interview, the actress talks to Dazed about social media algorithms, learning to put up boundaries, and being one of Mugler’s Angels

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Oct 04, 2023

Alex Peters

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A$AP Rocky: ‘Home is anywhere that I have my lady and my children’

The musician and face of Gucci Guilty opens up about his experimental new album, his current obsession with German Expressionism, and bonding with Elliot Page over their mutual love for Brian Eno

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Oct 02, 2023

Alex Peters

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How Adwoa Aboah brought real talk to the mainstream

Adwoa Aboah speaks to Dazed about straddling her jobs as actor, model, activist and Gurls Talk founder, sharing mental health tips and how she really feels about Instagram

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Sep 05, 2023

Alex Peters

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Troye Sivan on breaking into fragrances: ‘This has always been my fantasy’

Following the debut of Tsu Lange Yor, a new homeware and fragrance brand, Troye Sivan opens up about his creative process, geeking out on interiors, and what makes his brand different to other celebrity ventures

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Aug 21, 2023

Tom Ryan

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The Virgin Suicides (1999) perfume scent fragrance

Science or magic? How perfume became a tool for manifestation

Combining scientific research, energetic healing and a pinch of AI, perfumers are increasingly finding new ways to manipulate people’s emotions and moods through functional fragrances

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Jul 10, 2023

Isabelle Truman

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Elliot Page: ‘For the first time, I feel at home in myself’

The new face of Gucci Guilty, Elliot Page opens up about feeling comfortable in his body, the shifting concept of home and stealing cologne from his step-brother’s room as a teenager

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May 23, 2023

Alex Peters

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Exclusive: Timothée Chalamet on his French roots and becoming a Chanel boy

For Dazed Beauty, Timmy discusses his first-ever fragrance campaign, his upcoming role as Bob Dylan and the power of scent as creative self-expression

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May 15, 2023

Alex Peters

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Celebrity fragrances of the early aughts

Bring back celebrity fragrances!

Bring back fantasy, escapism and sickly sweet scents! Bring back the mystery of celebrity and heart-shaped bottle caps! Reject modernity, embrace tradition!

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Mar 20, 2023

Amika Moser

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Dolce & Gabbana Beauty