Perfume

A guide to selecting your next signature scent.

Neil Chapman is a Jasmine Literary Award winning perfume writer based in Japan. After graduating from Cambridge University in Italian and French literature, he eventually drifted to Japan, where he now teaches English at a preparatory school. He can usually be found at flea markets and antique shops searching for vintage perfumes; at Tokyo cinemas, record shops, or writing about life and the latest fragrances on his perfume blog, The Black Narcissus. He lives with his partner and cat in Kamakura.