Blogs

Bonkers About Perfume Independent critic Stafford Best for long-form, funny, genuinely independent perfume writing with a vintage and high-street streak British Beauty Blogger Beauty & culture London Best for plain-spoken, clearly-labelled fragrance verdicts from a veteran UK beauty critic iscentyouaday Independent critic South Wales Best for discovering small and independent perfume houses over the big designer names N Noted. by Suzy Nightingale Substack United Kingdom Best for a working fragrance editor's weekly reviews, recommendations and honest bargain-hunting advice N NOTES by Nick Carvell Substack United Kingdom Best for menswear-literate fragrance recommendations from an ex-GQ style editor, if scent is only part of what you're after The Candy Perfume Boy Independent critic United Kingdom Best for an award-winning, still-active independent UK fragrance blog with a genuinely useful note-by-note reference series The Perfume Playground Substack United Kingdom Best for glossy, mainstream-press-calibre fragrance writing on Substack from a two-decade beauty journalist The Perfume Society Editorial United Kingdom Best for a well-resourced, editorially serious UK fragrance education hub backed by two genuine industry veterans The Powder Room by Anita Bhagwandas Beauty & culture London Best for fragrance read through culture and identity, not just note-by-note reviews