Fragrance Reviews
Fragrance and perfume reviews as well as my favourite home fragrance, candles and diffusers. Here you’ll find everything fragrance related including exclusive launches and my top favourites from international best sellers to niche British perfumer finds.
CHANEL Le Lion
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Being honest, at first I didn’t think I liked the new fragrance from Chanel. Le Lion is very resinous – it’s got that antique wood kind of note that…
Jo Malone London Scarlet Poppy Cologne Intense Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] When Scarlet Poppy arrived, I wondered how the smell of poppy would be interpreted because even the best noses in the world have trouble pinning down exactly what poppies…
Versace Dylan Turquoise EDT
[unpaid/sample] Oh my – the absolute excess of this is something of a thrill. I love colour in a world of neutral beauty packaging and this has it over and…
Escentual Perfume Discovery Set – With A Twist!
[unpaid/affiliate/ad] So – this is a discovery! And, something I think you’ll really like because it’s different from your usual discovery sets. It’s an absolute genius idea – particularly at…
Bahoma London Grapefruit & Lime Candle (and some bargains!)
[affiliate/ad] A while ago I posted wondering why there were no specific new year candles (it turned out that there are one or two) when our scent desires change so…
Crabtree & Evelyn Raw Instinct Candle
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] So, I have questions! Why does the candle say Crabtree on it, when the lid says Crabree & Evelyn and it’s actually called Raw Instinct? I actually don’t really…
Crosskey Avenue Ischia Candle
[unpaid/sample] I love to hear about new candle brands – our candle market is so dominated by just a few so any newness is welcome. Crosskey is startup, made in…
Diptyque Holiday Pocket Set
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Diptyque is always so seductive at Christmas – their festive collections are always spot on and thanks to a change up in design every year, beautifully decorative. It’s a…
SpaceNK Shimmering Spice Candle
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] A welcome return for one of my favourite Christmas candles – I always think this goes a bit under the radar for some reason and yet, it’s really such…
Monmouth Botanicals Perfumery Lab In A Box
[unpaid/sample] Well, this is fun. Absolutely everything you need to create a fragrance of your own is included in this tin. It’s all thoughtfully wrapped and top, middle and bottom…
Harvey Nichols x The Perfume Society Discovery Box
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This seems very much like the Rolls Royce of fragrance discovery boxes with a mix of names you’ll know already and newcomers. As you can see, it features a…
L’Occitane Les Miniatures Eaux de Toilettes Collection
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] We’re still on the fragrance miniature theme (with more to come), this time with L’Occitane who have nicely gift-boxed their best sellers. L’Occitane always features somewhere in my family…
Sainsburys Christmas Spice Scented Candle
[purchase] I will never again walk past a Sainsburys candle and assume it won’t be up to much. This little gem – at £3 – scented my whole kitchen with…
Jonathan Ward Kartushya Candle
[unpaid/sample] This best-selling candle has been given a luxurious uplift from the ultimate lavish upcycling. The notes of Kartushya will be familiar to everyone – pine, rosemary and smack of…
Jo Loves Pomelo Bauble
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This is not strictly a bauble but more an interpretation of one – it reminds me more of a little hat-box than anything – but you could hang it…