Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 14 February
A lack of common scents
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
- 54 results for perfumes
Design / Industry
Heady days
Specialist scents, made by small artisanal producers, are beginning to make a big splash with retailers and consumers alike, as Monocle discovers on a visit to a Milan trade fair for the niche market.
Business / Industry
Making Scents
A centre of perfume making for centuries, the town of Grasse in the South of France is holding on to its reputation as fragrance capital of the world by developing new technology alongside time-honoured traditions.
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Tuesday 27 November
Malodorous marketing
Brad Pitt in black and white, staring at me from behind a row of lipsticks in the perfume hall of a London department store. It stopped me in my tracks.
Business / Small Business
Business briefing
China heads to Australia on the hunt for arable land and Germany goes back to boat-building basics.
Business / Industry
Making scents
A centre of perfume making for centuries, the town of Grasse in the South of France is holding on to its reputation as fragrance capital of the world by developing new technology alongside time-honoured traditions.
Affairs / Transport
Africa/Middle East Briefing
Who's in charge of Somaliland's skies, which nation is rolling in Grasse, and who's going to get Iran's top job?
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 34
Our finds this month include an easy-to-assemble flatpack range, a tiny pocket camera and an updated perfume classic.
Edits / Retail
Inventory no. 11
Coloured pencils and shochu from Japan, perfume by La Labo, Labour and Wait's enamelware and a Norwegian post box.
Section D, episode 61
Business of Design Week in Hong Kong, Design Miami in Florida, and chats with Kenya Hara, Asif Khan and perfumer Dawn Goldworm.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 4
We learn about the perfume industry, Richard Branson talks to us in Delhi and we meet James Daunt to hear his plans for Waterstones shops.
The Briefing, episode 319
Christine Okrent gives us the view from France on the Mali conflict, we get a round up of the week’s biggest aviation stories, and our Paris correspondent makes his very own perfume.
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Monday 10 May
‘Sex and the City 2′ too fruity for UAE
When publicity announced that the film Sex and the City 2 (to be released in the UK and the US later this month) would feature the cast of New York fashionistas frolicking in Abu Dhabi, the news was met in the Middle East…
Edits / Retail
Inventory no.64
Keep your engine oiled, your table tidy and your tache trimmed with our specially chosen products this month.
Edits / Retail
Inventory No.19
As 2008 draws to a close and many of our long-term wishes have already come true, there is still the diplomatic issue of gift giving to consider. What do you give family, friends and colleagues who expect high standards…
Design / Fashion
Monocolumn
Wednesday 29 September
Catwalk revelation
Ailing Italian fashion house Gianfranco Ferré may have just found its saviour.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Thursday 17 January
Lost in technology
A cautionary tale of what can happen if you love your sat nav a little too much
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 27
In this month’s rundown of vital life improvements, we have whisky stones to cool your single malt, detergents with a twist and a back-to-basics cookbook.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 3 November
Weekend agenda 3/4 November
This weekend check out Korean cinema in London, enjoy art in Toronto and listen to the new album from songwriter Cody Chestnutt.