Two people, two fragrances, one small cool room. Cold air makes almost everything wearable — which is exactly why the pairing matters...

Thirty-six hours, six strangers, no shower and air that never leaves the compartment. The one setting where the right answer is one...

Forty-five degrees of loo and field dust, and most of the belt commutes on two wheels. Why wrists are the worst place...

Forty-six degrees to single figures, plus weeks of smog. The two-bottle NCR rotation — and where to apply fragrance when you are...

Humid street, freezing cab, cold restaurant, warm rooftop, hot basement. Five rooms in one night — and your daytime Mumbai scent is...

Marathwada dry heat is not Mumbai humidity — the mechanism is opposite. Plus two things unique to this city: unventilated cave chambers,...

Late December is the one week Goa is dry — which makes it the only time of year a warm scent works...

Ten days of standing outside, ending in a procession that runs into the night. A long-wear problem rather than a heat one...

Four hours from Kochi and sixteen degrees cooler. Cool misty air is the most flattering fragrance weather in South India — and...