Where collectors cross paths.
The people, houses, and notes that make Fraghead a living marketplace — browse the collectors splitting bottles, the houses they favor, and what the journal is reading this week.
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137,746Fragrances indexed
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8Collectors active
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26Decants listed
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18Houses represented
The people shaping the shelf.
Where the bottles come from.
Latest Field Notes.
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The Overlooked Mid-Tier Houses: Five Designer Perfume Labels Nobody Talks About
Lalique, Montana, Van Cleef & Arpels, Rochas, Nina Ricci. These houses produce serious fragrance and almost never appear in the conversation. A case for paying attention.
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In Defense of Reformulation: The Cases Where the Change Made Things Better
Reformulation is the fragrance community's most reliable complaint. But some reformulations improved their source material, and understanding why is more useful than blanket grief.
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October in the Northern Hemisphere: A Collector's Fragrance Diary
October is the month fragrance collectors wait for all year. Temperatures finally cooperate, skin chemistry shifts, and the full weight of a wardrobe becomes available. Here's how to approach the rotation when everything is suddenly in play.
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