This post is part of a series of interviews with our perfumers, where we sat down with them to discuss inspirations, perfumery, and potential future collaborations. Ilias Ermenidis created Purple Suede for Goldfield & Banks.   What relationship do you have with Australia? Like many people, I have always been fascinated by Australia and neighbouring New Zealand, but I didn’t really know anything about them until I met Dimitri and the creative team at Goldfield & Banks. What is your favourite note in perfumery? I have many, but my favourite molecule is Ambrox – the sexiest mo ..read more

On Western Australia’s rugged Kimberly Coast, famed for its untouched beauty where rugged red-hued ranges and dramatic sandstone escarpments seemingly spill in swirls and currents of pastel pink into the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, Broome is a sun-kissed resort town set against the 22km-long pink sands of Cable Beach. Beneath a blazing sun and always-azure sky, Broome is cosmopolitan, the mood always relaxed. The air is thick with humidity one minute, the rich perfume of tropical fruits and frangipani the next, and the breeze is soft and languorous, charged with the seductive sound o ..read more

This post is part of a series of interviews with our perfumers, where we sat down with them to discuss inspirations, perfumery, and potential future collaborations. Master Perfumer Honorine Blanc created Sunset Hour for Goldfield & Banks.   What relationship do you have with Australia? I went to Australia for my honeymoon for three weeks, and drove from Brisbane to Cairns in a campervan. I visited again five years ago with my husband and son, travelling to Melbourne and Sydney. What is your favourite note in perfumery? I don’t have one specific favourite – I like to treat every ingr ..read more

Wearing perfume is an art in itself. The days of simply dabbing a little on your wrists and neck ended long ago, and gave way to better methods that make the most of each perfume’s character. There are benefits to each place to apply perfume, as well as drawbacks in some cases. Above all, you should wear perfume as you see fit, and in a way that suits your personal style and needs. Here are some ideas on where to apply your perfume.   Neck Gabrielle Chanel was once quoted as saying that perfume should be worn anywhere you want to be kissed. Keep in mind that perfumes tasted better in ..read more

Purple Suede is an olfactory imagination of Tasmania’s aromatic fields of sunburnt lavender, where the fragrant purple spears are crisped by the fierce heat of the midday sun and sway serenely in the late afternoon breeze, brushing as they do against the flanks of majestic thoroughbreds and the stirruped leather boots of their gentleman farmer riders. As sophisticated as it is wild, Purple Suede is the beguiling new addition to Goldfield & Banks' Botanical Series of luxury Australian perfumes. Aromatic and animalic at once, Purple Suede opens with a violet flash of Tasmanian Lavender ..read more

As a blazing sun dips into the Indian Ocean, the scent of fragrant native fruits pervades the languorous evening breeze. A heavenly cocktail of citrus and spicy delights awaits, giving way to a deliciously gourmand and sensuous floral heart. From Broome’s craggy inland wilderness, the Australian Desert Peach or Quandong – a fruiting shrub in the sandalwood family – lends the enchanting tart sweetness of its blossom to Sunset Hour, our latest release. Fun and frivolous from the onset, Sunset Hour opens with the crisp pear, mandarin and desert peach accord – a tart peach and rhubarb nuanced frui ..read more