Think of what a jammy or fruity wine would be vs a dry wine. It’s not necessarily fruity but there is a sweetness and a lushness to it.

While most fragrances follow a fragrance pyramid (with top, middle and base notes), fragrances referred to as linear stay pretty much the same throughout the entire span of the experience.

Reading through fragrance message boards, I see people referring to scents as HG or Holy Grail.  This confused me at first, until I realized what they are talking about.  The Holy Grail has several historical connotations, though most people in Christian traditions trace it back to items supposedly used by Jesus at the Last Supper [...]

There are a variety of answers as to where should you store fragrance so they last a long time.  Aficionados (or extremists) might store their bottles in temperature-controlled refrigerators like fine wines, but the average person needn’t go to such lengths.  Basically, avoid direct sunlight, humidity, and temperature changes.  Keep your fragrance out of the [...]