Editorial
Notas para los curiosos.
Editorial desde el estudio: comparaciones cara a cara, explicaciones de notas, guías. Escrito para ayudarte a comprar fragancia con más criterio y, ocasionalmente, para discutir con la industria.
Coya vs Delina.
Misma rosa, mundos distintos. Una es una rosa de apartamento. La otra es una rosa sobre piel mediterránea a las ocho de la tarde.
Delina es una rosa turca aterciopelada, endulzada con lichi, a intensidad de eau de parfum. Coya es un extrait tropical de rosa con mandarina verde, rosa, azafrán y ante. Sí, hacemos Coya. Aun así, jugaremos limpio.
Leer la comparativaCómo hacer que el perfume dure más.
Nueve técnicas que funcionan de verdad. Qué mitos retirar.
Aplícalo sobre piel hidratada, pulveriza los puntos de pulso en vez de empapar un solo sitio y nunca te frotes las muñecas.
Leer la guíaBest indie perfume brands 2026.
Every house on this list is still owned by the people who make the perfume. That's the entire entry requirement.
Hiram Green, Papillon, 4160 Tuesdays, Stora Skuggan, Bogue Profumo, Maison Crivelli, Spiteful August. Independence is the difference between a fragrance that survived a board meeting and one that survived only the perfumer's taste.
Read the listDelina alternatives: rose with a dark side.
For when the plush lychee rose starts sounding scripted. Portrait of a Lady, Juliette Has a Gun, Coya.
Delina says the same charming thing to everyone. If you've noticed, your taste is evolving. Here's where it goes next: grandeur and smoke, mischief, or sunshine with a leather secret.
Read the alternativesBest genderless & unisex perfumes.
'For him' and 'for her' were invented by 20th-century marketing, not by perfumers. Rose was a masculine note for centuries.
Molecule 01, Gypsy Water, Santal 33, and the three Spiteful August extraits that were never assigned an aisle. Wear all three and confuse everyone in the best possible way.
Read the listBest perfume discovery sets in Europe.
Perfume is the only luxury product people routinely buy without trying. Discovery sets exist so you can stop.
The August Collective includes a €40 credit, which makes the set effectively free once you buy your first bottle. The set that pays you back.
Read the guideBest Spanish perfume brands.
Spain doesn't just make perfume. Increasingly, Spain owns perfume. The map from Puig's giants to the studios.
Loewe, Carner Barcelona, Ramón Monegal, Alvarez Gómez, and Spiteful August. Spanish niche in 2026 is where French niche was twenty years ago: undervalued, exciting, about to get expensive.
Read the listVanilla perfumes that aren't boring.
Real vanilla is boozy, leathery, smoky, slightly animalic. Most vanilla perfumes are the synthetic bakery version.
Tobacco Vanille, Spiritueuse Double Vanille, Vanilla 28, and Bohemia: vanilla dragged somewhere dark by an enormous patchouli.
Read the listBest tropical & summer perfumes.
Most 'summer fragrances' are designed by northern Europeans imagining heat. Ours is tested on the Costa Blanca.
Beach Walk, Bronze Goddess, Soleil Blanc, and Coya: the walk back at eight in the evening with salt still on skin.
Read the listWhat is niche perfume, really?
Le Labo belongs to Estée Lauder. Byredo to Puig. Diptyque to private equity. Here's how to spot what's actually left.
The four-part test for genuine niche: who owns it, who makes it, how it's made, and why. Most famous 'niche' houses now fail at least two.
Read the guideRecibe las nuevas entradas antes que nadie.
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