You've stumbled across the perfume nerd area of our site.
We believe our customers are smart enough to care about what's in their fragrance, and curious to learn more about perfume. Crafting the right scent is part art, part science, and the more you learn about it, the cooler you realize it is. Our goal is simple: to demystify the fragrance world and share that experience with you so you can discover more about yourself in the process.
Check back regularly as we continue to add articles, tips, and other interesting info about ingredients, history, and environmental issues impacting the world of scent. We hope it inspires you, just as it inspires us to create your fragrance.
How to Layer Scents: 4 Tips
One of the simplest ways of getting the most out of your fragrance wardrobe is experimenting with layering. You may have heard of scent layering before, but how does it work? Here's a quick guide with four...
A brief history of unisex scents
Sometimes we get asked about whether we make scents for men or women. The answer is both. And neither. Our scents are intentionally designed to be unisex. Why?For starters, that’s how they used to be....
What's in a (perfume) name
Now that we've launched our first limited-edtion fragrance, we wanted to share a bit about the philosophy behind its name. M901 isn’t exactly a typical perfume name. It says nothing about it. And that’s exactly...
Coming-of-age scents
Adolescence. For a lot of us (if you were already gorgeous at 13, you already know the rest of us find you exasperating), it's a strange time, when you're trying to stake your claim, bit by bit, as a...
Botanicals versus manmade ingredients: are natural perfumes really better for you?
There's a pretty short version of our philosophy on ingredients: when nature and science coexist, that's when you get the most amazing scents. At Jules & Vetiver, every ingredient is a careful, informed choice based on whether...