Niche perfume

Interviews

Agnieszka Lukasik: “We needed to develop the olfactory culture”

Launched during the last edition of Exsence, the Milanese niche creation event, in April 2023, Niche by Nez is a free magazine aimed at showcasing the richness of the selective perfumery, published once a year, in both French and English.
Agnieszka Lukasik, co-founder of Galilu boutique in Poland with Warynia Grela, is among those who chose to distribute Niche by Nez. She recounts the history of her shops and discusses the importance of developing olfactory culture within it.

Interviews

Daniel Nare, Niche Parfumerie : “Olfactory culture is mainly our raison d’être”

Launched during the last edition of Exsence, the Milanese niche creation event, in April 2023, Niche by Nez is a free magazine aimed at showcasing the richness of the selective perfumery, published once a year, in both French and English. Daniel Nare, founder of Niche Parfumerie boutique in Romania with his wife Andreea Anca Nare, is among those who have chosen to distribute Niche by Nez. He shares with us his vision of olfactory culture.

Interviews

Barbara Herman (Eris Parfums): “Whether consciously or not, with each new creation I tend to explore a very different path from the previous one”

Launched in 2016 by Barbara Herman, American writer and creator of the blog Yesterdaysperfume.com, Eris Parfums offers contemporary sillages with a bold style inspired by vintage fragrances, all created by independent perfumer Antoine Lie. Interview with the brand’s founder.

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Niche and confidences

Niche perfumery moves centre stage

As Esxence, the niche perfumery fair, prepares to open its doors in Milan from 15 to 18 June 2022, Nez caught up with a number of figures from the world of niche fragrances, in a series of interviews with perfumers, stores and brands. But, putting common misapprehensions aside, what lies behind the term that is as much overused as it is decried?

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Natural perfumers

Mandy Aftel: “Mixing a bunch of natural ingredients in a bottle does not produce a perfume”

American perfumer Mandy Aftel has been creating natural fragrances for 30 years and has founded her own brand, Aftelier Perfumes. This passionate pioneer tells us how she discovered natural fragrances, how she works, and what she thinks about the current natural craze.

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Natural perfumers

FiiLiT, a fragrant journey: a fresh new direction

The brand FiiLiT aims to popularize the intangible know-how of fine perfumery and the ecological awakening of our modern society, by educating its consumers through niche olfactory creations with clean and authentic formulations.

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Interviews

Silvio Levi : « Essencional aims to support the international development of Beauty and Artistic Perfumery distribution »

A true jack of all trades and hyperactive, Silvio Levi is a key figure in the so-called niche perfumery (in Italy, one might say more artistic).At the head of a perfume brand, a distribution company, and the organiser of the Esxence show in Milan, he created, before the summer, Essencional, an information website dedicated to independent perfumery.

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