Category: Fragrance

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Last week, Dora and I headed to the Jo Malone London Christmas pop-up in Covent Garden which is in situ until 24th November, at which time, it ups its very shiny and glamorous sticks and heads off to Edinburgh St James Quarter until 15th December. One of the good things (of many) about Dora…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I think you’ll be pleased to know that Jo Malone London Orange Marmalade Cologne doesn’t smell particularly like marmalade. Marmalade is a very pleasing, very traditionally British smell but I am not sure you want to be forever associated with toast. However, the tie-in with Paddington is adorable and because of the sharpness of…

[unpaid/sample] If you’re looking for a fragrance to embrace the evenings, La Montana Night Star is ticking that box. It’s glamorous without being hefty, it’s sultry without being obvious and it’s enveloping without being smothering. At first, because of the nutmeg, mandarin and myrrh, I thought of this as a winter night fragrance – when…

[unpaid/sample] I think you will remember the beautiful La Montana candles inspired by the creators’ Spanish home in the mountains. The brand has come a long way since then – reed diffusers, room mists, gift vouchers and now fragrance. I’m starting with Divine Sunset which is the fragrance antidote to winter gloom. It’s fresh, zingy…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If you’re in the market for a voluptuous, sweet and intense fragrance, look no further than Givenchy L’Interdit Eau Parfum Rouge Ultime. It takes heady to a new level and I found the last to be exceptional. The bottle is divine with a deep red that looks like a lacquer and fits so perfectly…

[unpaid/sample] I’ve taken my time over this fragrance experience – it’s really quite mesmerizing if you are in the mood to immerse yourself in something that’s fascinating and challenging at the same time. To cut a long story short, Others uses fragrance in combination with breathwork, sound and philosophy via an app – I think…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This is the last of my Nest Perfume Oils to review – I saved it for last because I’m such a sucker for jasmine – that headiness and depth! I love it. As it turns out, jasmine isn’t the star turn – it’s super fruity from the get go with the jasmine sliding in…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This week is running away from me – we are off to see my mum and dad on Thursday so I’ve been flat out trying to get content ready for I’m away. Next week will be the same as we are off to see Max so I end up condensing 5 days of content…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Sweetness seems to be a running theme throughout the Nest Perfume Oils. You get an instant hit of orange citrus which is beautiful and then the sweetness kicks in. In fact, I really thought I was smelling a kind of rosy-fruitiness but I think perhaps the sugary notes sent me down that path. The…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Well, this is going be a big divider! A quick background to this gourmand fragrance conceived by noted nose, Olivier Cresp, and his daughter Anais, who founded Akro. Bake is an olfactory representation of the lemon cupcakes enjoyed by them both at their favourite Soho bakery. The first time I smelled Bake was at…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Here we are with part two of the Jo Malone London The Highlands Collection. A couple of days ago, I tried Mallow on the Moor and Highland Heather [HERE] and it’s now the turn of Melancholy Thistle and Wild Achillea. I would suggest that Thistle is a very difficult plant to make a fragrance…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Coming from Scotland, I couldn’t be more excited about the Jo Malone London collection that’s dedicated to all things Scottish, scent wise. Also, because I’m from Scotland I know how badly wrong heather scents can go – endless home-made heather waters later – so I was the most curious about Highland Heather. There are…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad/priorad] My favourite new fragrance from The Body Shop is easily Full Rose. It’s a juicy and lightly fruity rose (although there is no fruit listed but that’s what my nose is telling me!) with the soft greenery of geranium leaf and a dash of cardamom. The bottles are gorgeous – definitely defying my expectations…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I love the way that beauty just has its own seasonal rhythm – here we are with the lovely Jo Malone Blossoms Collection which is so spring and so all the things that the weather has not been so far – the fragrances are bright, lightful and optimistic. I read this morning that we (as a…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This feels like such a good start to the week – just as the crabapple and cherry blossoms are appearing in my garden, a spritz of fresh rose with just a little twist of lychee (and basil but I can’t quite pick that out) is exactly the fragrance to welcome these signs of spring.…