Welcome to another edition of Mood Scent 4, where the fragrant team of Megan In Sainte Maxime, Australian Perfume Junkies, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day are your selectors for perfumes for various occasions. Today we are all about our INNER TEEN perfumes. Firstly I […]
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New Music : Ghosteen by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
A new Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album is always something to look forward to and this week Ghosteen entered the world. Cave has quite an ardent set of fans who look forward to each new album and recently he’s been touring his Conversation with Nick […]
Favourite Perfumes From 2018
Hello fragrant friends. I do hope that 2019 is going well for you so far. 💥 It’s that special time of year again, (although I admit I’m fairly late to the party and am sneaking this in before the close of January), when it’s time to reflect […]
Happy New Year 2019
Hello dear readers I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. One in which you can follow some of your dreams and also enjoy the moment. 2019 really rolled around so quickly and I do hope there were good moments in there for […]
Aretha Franklin : Respect : 1942 – 2018
Aretha is one of the greats and I’ve been feeling reflective while listening to her music this week. I’ll keep it brief but The Queen of Soul has an incredibly powerful musical legacy that starts in the 50’s. Her voice had the ability to touch […]
Fragrant Hommes: Interview with Christophe Laudamiel : Disruption and Transparency in the Perfume Industry: Part 1
Perfume interviews have become my favourite activity on this blog and today we’re taking a deep dive / behind the scenes look into the fragrance world with Christophe Laudamiel, a perfumer who for most of you probably needs no introduction. He is an independent perfumer with a […]
World Perfumery Congress : Here We Come
Just a quick note to tell you that I’ll be heading along to the World Perfumery Congress today. This event is held in Nice France this time around and I’m looking forward to experiencing everything it has to offer. There are a number of conference […]
Mood Scent 4 : Scents of Place
Welcome to another edition of Mood Scent 4 with my perfume blogging friends, I Scent You A Day and A Bottled Rose. We’re here to scent moods and occasions and today we’ll be writing about Scents of Place. L’Esperessence is currently taking a break but […]
Fifi Award Winners 2018 : French Perfume Awards
The Fifi Awards run by The Fragrance Foundation France were held last Wednesday evening, the 11th of April in Paris. It’s the major perfume award ceremony in France and there are a range of prizes to be won. There is the Fifi d’Or (judged by a panel of artists), the Prix […]
80’s Perfume Advertising
I live in an old house – not for much longer mind, but one that has a lot of treasures contained within. Last weekend I unearthed a pile of 1980’s Madame Figaros and found some great perfume advertising images in their dusty pages. Now I […]
Top Tunes 2017 + A Spotify Playlist
I read Caitlin Moran‘s Manifesto last year and she described her fervour for Get Lucky by Daft Punk, where she became obsessed by the song and played it over and over to a ridiculous extent. Star Roving was my Get Lucky for the year. The shoe gazer […]
Perfume Favourites for 2017 : And Other Fragrant Finds
Hello everyone and welcome to 2018. Here’s to a Fragrant New Year across the globe 🌺. I’m going to take you through my favourite fragrances of the year and a few musings. This is a year where I blogged less frequently for various reasons, however my […]
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