Searching for the perfect perfume to gift this Christmas? Rachel Marie Walsh picks the best.

Forget celebrity fragrances. These days women want bespoke, one off fragrances — enter the new breed of Irish perfumers, making scents that set their wearers apart, says Carolyn Moore

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Now the weather’s brightened up, it’s time to lighten up on the fragrance front too. Katie Wright sniffs out the best new fragrances for men and women.

Eau Dynamisante, €42, 100ml, is celebrating 30 years of ‘ready to wear energy’ with a new-look design.

Literary inspirations shaped some of this season’s finest fragrances, says Rachel Marie Walsh.

Peter Dowdall is dreaming of holidays on far-off shores where glorious plants perfume the warm evening air.

 

Perfume is a classic Christmas present and while taste is subjective, there are some fragrances that just can’t be resisted. Rachel Marie Walsh suggests some options you won’t need to box up with gift receipts.

Pamela Paul observes the changing patterns in perfume practices throughout a woman’s life and contends that there is no set scent for life.

Your best memories can be summoned with a single spritz of summer perfume. Make new ones this season while wearing Rachel Marie Walsh’s pick of the best new fragrances.

Scientists claim to have developed a perfume that smells better the more the wearer sweats.

A spring scent should be floral and pretty, right? Wrong. Katie Wright sniffs out the boldest and most beautiful new fragrances.

Nowadays, you can bottle fame and what’s more — it’s a huge earner for the top stars. Louise O’Neill reports on big-money scent endorsement