Hello perfume people and welcome to another session of Mood Scent 4. Each month my fragrant partners and myself team up to share some fragrance love highlighting a specific theme. The Mood Scent 4 team features Portia at A Bottled Rose (Australia), L’Esperessence (Netherlands) and I Scent You A Day (Wales, United Kingdom) and we are […]
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Mood Scent 4 : Unsung Hero Fragrances
Hello perfume people and welcome to another episode of Mood Scent 4. For this session we’re featuring our favourite Unsung Hero fragrances. My scented partners are Portia at A Bottled Rose, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day. We are your perfume selectors for perfumes for various moods and occasions. In my […]
Santa Maria Novella : My Favourite Floral Waters + Photos From The Florence Store
I adore the Santa Maria Novella (SMN) brand. It has a history to rival any competitor that likes to talk about its heritage credentials. SMN was established in Florence in 1221 by Dominican monks who grew herbs and flowers to make balms, pomades and medications for their […]
Esxence Day One : Discovering New Favourites
Where to start? I’d drafted a list of brands that I wanted to visit before I left for Esxence that numbered around thirty. I imagined that I’d easily get around all of the stalls, go to a sprinkling of workshops and have time for sightseeing, […]
Orange Is The New Black : Orange Perfume Reviews : Orange Sanguine, Fleurs D’Oranger, Seville à L’Aube
I know it’s seasonally appropriate in the cooler months to bring out the amber, wood, incense and leather perfumes. Maybe a healthy spritz of a decadent boozy vanilla. Yes I do it too. But sometimes I want to swim against the tide, to be swept away by summer […]
Megan In Sainte Maxime 