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 […]
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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 […]

Pitti Fragranze : Day One Report : Let The Sniffing Begin
Hello perfume people. I’m sorry but I didn’t post a pre-teaser to say I would be going to Pitti Fragranze but I did manage to get there for a couple of days to a very warm Florence. Well nearly two days as I didn’t stay […]

Perfume Review : L’Attesa from Masque Milano : The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
I may have already told you about my crush on Masque Milano. Alessandro Brun and Riccardo Tedeschi are creative directors, adept at bringing forth a swathe of creativity from their stellar line up of perfumers. They have slowly but surely built a formidable collection of perfumes. My […]

Esxence 2016 : Day Three : The Long Goodbye
Now we’re onto the third day at Esxence but in reality I was only there for one full day and two half days. You can read about the perfume writing people I encountered, Day One and Day Two if you’re so inclined. There were many […]

Esxence 2016 : Day Two : Bad Girls, Seminars And More Perfumes
With a coffee hit or two I was ready to face day two at Esxence. First up was a session entitled ‘Building A Brand And Retaining Relevance’. I didn’t stay for the entire session but Karen Marin of Givenchy brilliantly steered the panel and the questions […]

New Perfume Review : Acquasala : Gabriella Chieffo : The Aquatic New Wave
An edited version of this article originally appeared on Ca Fleure Bon, written by Megan In Sainte Maxime If there’s one trend that was in evidence at Esxence it was the resurgence of water themed perfumes, known as aquatics. This much maligned genre seems to be […]

Esxence : Seminars and Workshops : The Art and Olfaction Awards : Gaining Momentum
At Esxence there were a number of seminars and workshops running throughout the event. These all sounded interesting and I intended to attend many more than the one I actually managed to get to. I went to the seminar along with Michelyn Camen from CaFleureBon, where […]