Maison Francis Kurkdjian - The Glass Magazine

Glass presents our favourite perfume launches – with a focus on skin scents and new UK brands

November 25, 2021

FROM the recent fragrance launches, Glass selects some zesty citrus scents, a brace of new exciting brands (including some British ones) and skin fragrances – a type of scent which smells like your skin, only b...

Harvey Nichols and The Perfume Society launch Fragrance Discovery Box

Joshua Hendren

November 23, 2020

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

FOLLOWING the great success of last year’s edition, luxury retailer Harvey Nichols has once again joined forces with The Perfume Society to launch a second Fragrance Discovery Box. The Fragrance Discovery ...

The Glass Father’s Day Gift Guide

Rhiannon Jenkins

June 15, 2020

Beauty, Feature, Shopping Guide

FATHER’S DAY is just around the corner – 21 June, to be precise. What do you get for a man who claims he doesn't want anything? It's difficult, we know. Especially when you don't want to disappoint. But don't w...

Glass presents its Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

Cara Jenkins

February 13, 2020

Culture, Dining, Feature, Shopping Guide, Travel

GLASS presents its Valentine's Day Gift Guide, a guide of the best gifts and experiences on offer this Valentines. From champagne to romantic hotel night stays, imbue your Valentine with a touch of luxury to tr...

Fendi Design District boutique at Design Miami 2019

Lexi Fadina

December 17, 2019

Fashion, News

THIS YEAR’S annual global forum for design Design Miami has once again come to its end. While the event brought many distinguished designers, curators, artists, and critics from all over the world, Fendi Design...

Fendi announces release of new scented bag collection FendiFrenesia at Miami Design

Lexi Fadina

December 6, 2019

Fashion, News

FENDI by Silvia Venturini Fendi has announced a release of FendiFrenesia , a new limited collection of recently revived Baguette handbags. Created in collaboration with perfumier Maison Francis Kurkdjian and ph...

Message in a bottle – Glass interviews leading perfumer Francis Kurkdjian

Caroline Simpson

January 18, 2018

Beauty, Feature

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FRANCIS Kurkdjian is one of the world’s greatest perfumers. Since creating Le Male for Jean Paul Gaultier in 1995, one of the most popular fragrances ever, when the Paris-born Kurkdjian was only 26, he went to ...

The Glass Christmas Gift Guide – our favourite candles

Glass Beauty

December 19, 2017

Beauty, Feature, Shopping Guide

Alaïa Paris, Scented Candle with Laser-Cut Holder Alaïa scented candle A limited edition fragranced candle by the late Tunisian couturier designer, Azzedine Alaïa, is surely a top choice for any designer-lovi...

The Glass Guide to the best of this Summer’s Perfumes

Caroline Simpson

August 16, 2017

Beauty, Feature, Fragrance Picks

THE change in seasons gives a great excuse to update your fragrance – not that one is ever needed. Here is the Glass selection of the latest perfume releases for this Summer. Rome 1963 Rome 1963 I...

The Glass Christmas Gift Guide – scents for the season

Glass Beauty

December 15, 2016

Feature, Shopping Guide

Close To My Heart by Bella Freud Close To My Heart by Bella Freud Close To My Heart is the newly launched floral fragrance by the quirky and hugely talented British fashion designer, Bella Freud. Clos...

Perfumed Genius – Francis Kurkdjian launches Baccarat Rouge 540

Caroline Simpson

March 3, 2016

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

IN FRANCOIS Truffaut’s film of Ray Bradbury sci-fi title Fahrenheit 451, this is the temperature of the auto-ignition point of paper — the heat at which it will catch fire without being exposed to an external f...

Romancing the scent

Viola Levy

February 25, 2015

Beauty, Feature, Fragrance Picks, Shopping Guide

The coming and going of February 14 highlights the romantic gesture of giving perfume as a gift. Although I’m never inclined to say no to a bottle of scent (hint, hint), telling someone how you think they s...

Perfume with a pulse

Viola Levy

October 14, 2014

Feature

Like treating ourselves to a new overcoat or some shiny new brogues, the change in seasons gives us an excuse to invest in a shiny new fragrance too. Gone are summer’s whimsical florals and pretty citrus sc...

A Festive Treat from Francis Kurkdjian

Viola Levy

December 20, 2013

News

As if we weren’t feeling sufficiently festive enough at the moment, Glass was all agog when we received three special edition candles from our favourite perfume house Maison Francis Kurkdjian. The trio emit a s...

Precious perfumery

Viola Levy

May 2, 2013

Feature

About 100 years ago, it was perceived to be a scandal to wear perfume directly on the skin rather than on one’s clothes. In the same way that latex was until very recently seen as a fetish fabric, so perfume ...

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