Today I’m paying my respects to this wonderfully creative perfumer who made a lasting impression on so many fragrance lovers. Vero Kern was a true artist rather than a purveyor of fragrant goods. In the fragrance world there are many types of entities with different ambitions, […]
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Grasse Gains Recognition From UNESCO For Its Perfume Savoir-Faire
For the perfume lovers out there this is great news. This week Grasse has been recognised by UNESCO and inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Grasse is a town in the Alpes-Maritimes region of France, located near Nice and […]
World Perfumery Congress Report 2018, Nice 2018 : Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of the World Perfumery Congress Report. In the first instalment you can read about the purpose of the conference in addition to the talks I attended. For the last day in Nice I was keen to smell some new materials and take […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Pitti Fragranze 2017 Report : The Ins and Outs
Welcome to the Megan In Sainte Maxime Pitti Fragranze Report. It’s time to take a guided trip to Florence for the niche and artistic perfume tradeshow. Unfortunately I had only two days at the show and it’s really not enough time to see and smell the wares […]
Musings : Fucking Fabulous by Tom Ford. What’s In A Name?
A new limited edition perfume from Tom Ford is hitting the shelves any day now called Fucking Fabulous. What to make of this? Is Tom Ford getting some sass back? Is it Gucci 90’re revisited? How about Ab Fab gone wrong? Is Estee Lauder thinking they […]
Pitti Fragranze 2017 : Join MISM On A Perfumed Adventure
Public service announcement. Cue a few short bursts from a trumpet. I’ve booked to go to Pitti Fragranze in Florence next week and I invite you to follow my fragrant journey for perfume updates and scent snippets. To be fair if you are after immediate […]
FIFI Award Winners 2017 : French Perfume Awards
The Fifi Awards run by The Fragrance Foundation France were held on Thursday night, the 8th of June 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 jury of artists, the […]
Esxence 2017 Perfume Sniffing
Hello perfume people and welcome to my condensed run down on Esxence. I’ve already shared my thoughts on what it’s like to work at Esxence here and I’ll admit that I managed to get to only a handful of brands as I was working there and was limited […]
Esxence 2017 : Part 1 : What Is It Like To Work At Esxence? + A Few Pics Of Perfume Writing / Vlogging Peeps
A whirlwind trip to Milan has been and gone and hazy memories remain of perfume, people, displays, drinks and dinners. For the first time I worked for a brand (Atelier Des Ors) at Esxence and it was a great experience however unfortunately it did mean […]
Pitti Fragranze : Day Two Report : Short And Sweet And Very Smelly
If you’ve read my Day One Report you will know that I sniffed my way through a number of perfumes but with only one and a half days at Pitti my Day Two report is a little shorter. Knowing that I didn’t have a full day there […]
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