Notes from the Fragrance Files: Tokyomilk Parfums

Seems to us that the fragrance world has become bogged down by pricey, trendy scents backed by fleeting star power. That’s why we can’t resist when a fragrance line comes along with its own edgy voice. Our new love is the playful parfums from Tokyomilk — perfumes that capture a variety of moods and vices in a shabby chic bottle too cute not to display on your vanity. The carefully crafted scents have an avant garde soul and are infused with sweet floral and rich woodsy hues. Each 1-ounce spray bottle windows a tiny vintage picture and is capped with a silver nozzle and marked with a retro typewriter label. All 18 flavors put a twist on ordinary objects like the floral and fruit Cherry Bomb and reveal mouthwatering obsessions with the sugarcane, coconut and vanilla orchid Let Them Eat Cake. Or for the daring, there’s the favorite deep vanilla and white orchid Dead Sexy that displays a moody skull and crossbone, and the amberwood and apple Poe’s Tobacco with his famous blackbird chosen as the bottle’s artwork. Select Tokyomilk Parfumerie Curiosite scents can be sampled and purchased for $28 at Anthropologie stores or for the full collection, order online at BeautyHabit.com.