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Fragrances
The latest from STYLE on luxury perfumes
Ben Gorham and Kendall Jenner have been seen in Paris and California together. Photos: @bengorham, @kendalljenner/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Byredo founder Ben Gorham, who’s been hanging out with Kendall Jenner

Gorham’s a former basketball player who built the cult fragrance brand Byredo that branched out into make-up and jewellery – he’s also supposedly married.

Wellness

Read this before lighting those scented candles for Christmas

Style Edit

Style Edit: Bulgari’s best festive offerings, from jewellery to bags

Beauty

How hand cream evolved from seasonal product to year-round staple

Once a seasonal essential, hand cream has become an everyday must-have, boosted by TikTok and the beauty industry trend of ‘skinification’.

Hand cream, like Chanel’s La Crème Main, has gone from being primarily a seasonal staple to a year-round necessity. Photo: Handout
Beauty

8 of the most coveted beauty advent calendars of 2025

The world’s biggest beauty brands – and department stores – are ushering in the holiday season with 24 days of luxe beauty ritual.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Henry Jacques unveils new HJ Voyage travel cases

The additions to the HJ Voyage line are made from exceptional leathers and enable the user to bring their favourite scents everywhere.

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Wellness

Lyrical wax: how brands are reimagining candles with sculpture and stories

The humble candle has come a long way, resembling sculpture or carrying an entire scentscape, often with sustainability in mind.

Amen’s Chakra candle comes in carbon negative packaging made of mushrooms. Photo: Handout
Art

Scents of history, from war to Coca-Cola, at German fragrance exhibition

The Secret Power of Scents exhibition in Duesseldorf evokes different eras using a mixture of art and fragrances.

Beauty

Beauty news to know: from Chanel Beauty to Jenna Ortega’s gothic allure

CurrentBody Skin – loved by Kim Kardashian and Lily Collins’ Emily in Paris character, Emily Cooper – just launched a new device, and more.

Beauty

Deodorant became its own beauty category – here’s how to navigate the chaos

From AKT’s balm-to-powder formula to Aesop’s botanical sticks and Fussy’s refillable applicators, here’s how to choose what works best.

Evolvetogether natural deodorant. Photo: Handout
Style Edit

Style Edit: Henry Jacques’ Parisian apartment-like boutique in Hong Kong

Guests are invited to linger, perhaps enjoying a coffee while admiring a curated set of lithographs around the central perfume display.

The exterior of Henry Jacques’ boutique at Hong Kong’s Elements mall. Photo: Handout
New Openings

Hong Kong’s new openings, from Aera restaurant to L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

Experience Aera’s tasting menus at its new home, visit a refreshed L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, and explore To Summer’s first Hong Kong store.

Luxury brands

With fragrance sales on the rise, these are the hottest perfumes for autumn

From ‘neo-gourmands’ to rich ambers, these latest drops are tempting buyers in the market for a splash of affordable luxury.

Beauty

To Summer, the cult Chinese perfume house, opens in Hong Kong

The proudly Asian brand’s Causeway Bay store is a 1960s-inspired tribute to the women of Hong Kong, filled with nostalgia-infused scents.

To Summer co-founder Shen Li talks to us about expansion and the brand’s first overseas store in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay. Photo: Handout
Beauty

News and releases from major beauty brands this autumn

Besides new product drops, Tom Holland was declared the global ambassador and face of Prada Beauty’s latest men’s fragrance, Prada Paradigme eau de parfum.

A beauty look from Chanel’s autumn/winter 2025 haute couture show. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: How the scent of luxury is being refined by Henry Jacques

From cultivation and meticulous ingredient selection, to bottling its fragrances by hand, the French haute parfumier does things differently.

Celebrity Families

Meet Troye Sivan’s sister Sage Mellet, who inspired his new fragrance

The pop idol’s little sister is a singer for Approachable Members of Your Local Community, and she’s also worked with Michael Kors.

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Chanel

Timothée Chalamet stars in campaign for new Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif scent

In-house perfume creator Olivier Polge has reimagined the brand’s signature men’s perfume for a new era, featuring woody, leathery notes.

Timothée Chalamet stars in the campaign for Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Henry Jacques captures the holiday mood with Les Croisières fragrances

From lazy mornings to languid afternoons and sultry nights, the master perfumer’s new collection captures those precious carefree moments.

Beauty

What is scent layering? Techniques, combinations and examples

Perfume experts explain how to create a personal fragrance by scent layering, from why you should apply lotion first to what smells to match.

Celebrity style

Style according to … designer Chet Lo, famous for his spiky knitwear

Lo wears a mix of Byredo Mumbai Noise and Gabar 02 Ground perfumes, and lists The Standard hotel and the Tate Modern among his favourite hangs in his hometown of London.

Asian-American designer Chet Lo introduces some of his favourite products and places. Photo: Handout
Beauty

4 fresh summer scents from major perfumers

Master perfumer Olivier Polge is the nose behind Chance Eau Splendide while LV tapped artist Alex Israel to update the bottle for Sun Song.

Four fresh summer scents from major perfumers Louis Vuitton, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Chanel and Issey Miyake. Photos: Handout
Style Edit

Style Edit: Henry Jacques’ new HJ Voyage perfume travel cases and summer scents

Made in the finest rare leather or elaborate jacquard fabric, these luxurious cases are designed to help you bring 15ml Les Essences and 75ml Les Brumes fragrances along on your voyages.

Wellness

Luxe laundry: high-end products bring quality ingredients and tailored scents

The Laundress started the trend – now the likes of Laverée, Emerald Fresh, L’Avant Collective, Maison Francis Kurkdjian and Kerzon all offer products.

In Good Taste

For this French entrepreneur, a good life includes plenty of family travel

French co-founder Diego Dultzin Lacoste of flash-sale platform On The List on having fun – and the power of a smile.

Diego Dultzin Lacoste with his sons, Gabino (left) and Pablo, at home in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Style Edit

Style Edit: Find tranquillity with Pañpuri’s Thai wellness philosophy

Founder Vorravit Siripark explored Thailand’s ancient traditions to create products that are ‘quiet, grounding and deeply sensorial’, including a new fragrance evoking the beauty of the Andaman Sea.

Pañpuri’s Vorravit Siripark explored Thailand’s ancient traditions to create products that are “quiet, grounding and deeply sensorial”, including a fragrance evoking the Andaman Sea. Photo: Handout
Beauty

Why bedtime fragrances are having a moment on #perfumetok

Research has shown that certain scents can positively affect the nervous system – here’s how perfume houses are capitalising on that at bedtime by adding calming notes that aid sleep and relaxation.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Henry Jacques’ Il y Avait un Jardin cologne-inspired fragrances

The raw materials for the perfumes are sourced from orchards in Italy, through a partnership with a Calabrian family renowned over generations for cultivating the world’s finest citrus trees.

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