Coco de Mer - a perfume created from the lascivious-looking seeds of a fruit that only grows in Seychelles - introduced its sultry scents to beauty influencers at the Soho House as part of its U.S.

Tourists are familiar with the Lodoicea maldivica palm, also called coco de mer, mainly because of their bizarrely shaped fruits. Scientists, however, are fascinated by the huge plants – which are ...

In the middle of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa, a legend endures: a coconut so singular that it has inspired a lasting legacy in perfumery on the island of Seychelles for decades.