Best Perfumes 2022: FRAGRANTICA Editors Choice ~ Fragrantica
John Biebel, a perfumer and brand owner, as well as Fragrantica writer and reporter, shares his best perfumes of 2022.   2022 saw the rise of new creativity in perfumery, as many smaller trends surfaced: depictions of colors and sensations (moving away from the usual postcards from distant shores.) Themes such as milky flowers, color as expressed in smell, specific flower accords, and new profiles created by ingenuity in extraction meth
Best Fragrances 2022: FRAGRANTICA Editors Choice ~ Fragrantica
A curated selection of best fragrances for many moods by historian, author and perfume collector Elena Vosnaki.   Going through 2022 felt like a seismic change for the entire planet. Stepping off the sharpest edges of the pandemic, we reclaimed social contact via wearing masks on and off, meeting friends in outdoor activities, and embracing online shopping as almost the sole way of shopping. The conflicts in Europe also put an
Best Fragrances 2022: FRAGRANTICA Editors Choice ~ Fragrantica
Chemist and perfumer, musician and Fragrantica perfume reviewer Matvey Yudov shares his best findings.   In the outgoing year 2022, the global mechanisms of the perfumery machinery began to recover from their slumber. The exhibitions turned out to be generous with new items - many brands managed to prepare entire collections, but first of all they showed that everyone really missed simple human communication. Hardly anyone will be surpr
Best Fragrances 2022: FRAGRANTICA Editors Choice ~ Fragrantica
A selection of the best fragrances by writer and perfume collector Elena Prokofieva.   This year, fragrances have become for me something like a closet from a fairy tale by Clive Lewis, hiding in which can lead you to the magical land of Narnia: both a refuge and a door to the world of beauty, harmony, and peace. I often wore perfumes "from the past," associated with some pleasant events or periods in my life, while ne
Best Fragrances 2022: FRAGRANTICA Editors Choice ~ Fragrantica
FRAGRANTICA Editors Favorite Perfumes of 2022 ~ Fragrantica
Our team of international editors share which fragrances they have been favoring this transitory season. We'd love to hear what yours are, too, in the comments below! Transitory seasons are embraced by perfume lovers for the quality of renewal: the joy of discovering interesting scents, changing into a new routine, moving towards comfort if it's summer segueing into fall, or towards new awakenings if it's springtime in the sou
What Are Fragrantica Editors Wearing This Season? (2022) ~ Columns
We saved the best for the last! Our Daria Bogdanova of Russian Fragrantica, who is in charge of the news and reviews of the Russian website, shares her best choices of perfumes from 2022.   For me, 2022 was not very productive in terms of perfume discoveries. All these economic, political, and social upheavals have pushed into the background the small joys of normal life, like workouts or finding interesting items for my perfume collec
Best Fragrances 2022: FRAGRANTICA Editors Choice ~ Fragrantica
Fragrantica writer and editor of Fragrantica Asia, Yi Shang, shares her favorites of 2022.   I’m still like a bear coming out of hibernation with regards to my fragrance journey this year. I lean towards scents which are relatively easier to wear, and features notes I personally like, and in a less avant garde fashion. I wonder if most perfume brands share the same sentiment after the past two years of uncertainty, or
FRAGRANTICA Editors Favorite Perfumes of 2022 ~ Fragrantica
