Hello fragrance friends 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 your […]
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Mood Scent 4 : First Love Perfumes
Welcome to the first Mood Scent 4 edition of 2018 with my blogging pals A Bottled Rose, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day. At Mood Scent Four we select perfumes to match moods and occasions or whatever takes our fancy. Please note that for […]
Dior Exhibition in Paris : 70 Years of Drop Dead Gorgeousness at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
A Dior retrospective is showing in Paris in what I imagine will be the biggest drawcard this year. The Dior exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fashion house with over 300 gowns on display. The curation is incredible including vintage photos, art works, fashion […]
Paris : 10 Perfumes Celebrating The City Of Light
The Paris attacks as you can imagine have dominated the news coverage in France this week. I’ve felt a combination of sadness and anger, and an acknowledgement that this will not be an isolated incident. Of course the ongoing situation is complex. And yes terrorism […]
Six Classic “Parfums Mythiques” According To Vogue Paris
The new Vogue Paris is out on shelves this week and it’s a bumper 95th anniversary edition and the best in some time. It is bulging with brilliant photography, fashion and French icons. There are four covers to choose from. The selection is between Gisele Bündchen, Kendall Jenner, Christy Turlington […]
Happy Monday : Scent Of The Day : Mini Review : Chergui From Serge Lutens : My First Perfume Love
Today I sprayed on Chergui, another fabulous scent from Serge Lutens and his perfumer supremo, Christopher Sheldrake. I adore Lutens and his oeuvre, and have written about Tubereuse Criminelle, Douce Amère, La Religieuse and Bas de Soie on these pages, but this is only a […]
FIFI Award Winners : French Perfume Awards : A Mixed Bag
The Fifi Awards run by The Fragrance Foundation France were held last night. It’s the major perfume award ceremony in France and there are four groups of voters including Experts (journalists, evaluators and bloggers), General Public (who vote online), Professionals (those working in the industry) […]
Top 10 Perfumes : Chosen By French Perfumers
I kept a perfume article from Grazia France magazine that I read a while back and here is a summary of its contents. Grazia had six French perfume creators (or ‘noses’ as they’re called in the industry) each compile a list of their Top 10 perfumes, excluding […]
Perfume News : Top 10 Best Selling Feminine Perfumes in France 2014
I first read this top ten list on Bois de Jasmin and she referenced the original article where she sourced this data (Challenges France), so I thought I’d take a peek and see if there were any other interesting bits and pieces. I’ve had a […]
Joni Mitchell : Will Saint Laurent Music Project Bring Her To A New Generation?
Since Hedi Slimane was handed the reins at Yves Saint Laurent, (yes he famously ditched the ‘Yves’ fairly quickly for the fashion collections) sales have increased due to the popularity of his retro referenced clothes that are luxe versions of what’s on the high street or the […]
Megan In Sainte Maxime 