A FRAGRANCE JOURNAL FROM SINGAPORE BY ZUBYR PARFUMS
The Scent EditBY ZUBYR PARFUMS
THE JOURNAL / SCENT, CULTURE & CRAFT

A world of fragrance.
A personal perspective.

New releases, thoughtful guides and the stories behind scent.
Curated by ZUBYR PARFUMS in Singapore.

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IN FOCUS / RELEASE NOTES

The new language
of woods.

Dior’s Sauvage Extrait puts oud in the spotlight. We separate the official scent story from the questions to ask when you sample.

Read the release notes30 SEPTEMBER 2026 · SOURCE-BASED EDITORIAL

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15 ARTICLES
Personalised perfume03

How to choose a signature scent in Singapore

A practical method for finding a perfume you will genuinely wear in Singapore—using real-life testing, a clear scent brief and fewer assumptions.

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Singapore guides08

Choosing a perfume for your Singapore day

Start with your actual day: the commute, an air-conditioned office and an evening out can call for different ways of wearing the same scent.

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Corporate gifting09

A practical brief for corporate perfume gifts

For an event gift, the recipient experience matters as much as the bottle. Set the quantity, deadline and budget before choosing a scent direction.

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Releases11

Sauvage Extrait: a woodier direction for Dior

Dior puts Vietnamese oud at the centre of its Sauvage Extrait. Here is what the official announcement confirms—and what still needs a skin test.

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Testing notebook12

What a useful perfume wear test should record

A repeatable record makes a review more useful. This is our proposed test framework—not a report of experiments already completed.

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Personalised perfume14

How to brief your own personalised perfume

A good brief explains what you love, what you avoid and how you want the fragrance to feel. A long ingredient list is optional.

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Ingredients15

How to read a perfume note list

A note list is a description of a scent direction. It is not a complete formula or a reliable prediction of exactly how a perfume will smell to you.

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