The Perfume Society has launched recently many wonderful Discovery Boxes and the Limited Edition Niche is one of their best yet. As I was writing this post I saw that it has sold out however I'll still give you a quick overview of the contents as the perfumes included are fantastic choices and also you never know, it might become available again! The Merchant of Venice - Blue Tea The name drew me to this perfume instantly and when I tried it it didn't disappoint! It's aromati

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend another event organised by The Perfume Society and Shephen Matthews that allowed us to discover the revived Le Jardin Retrouvé perfume house. Le Jardin Retrouvé was founded in 1975 by Yuri Gutsatz, and was the very first of what would later become known as “niche” perfume brands. When he died in 2005, Le Jardin Retrouvé slowly declined but in 2016, Yuri’s son, Michel, decided to revive Le Jardin Retrouvé with his wife Clar

About 10days ago, as guests of The Perfume Society, we had the opportunity to be present at the UK launch of the new ELdO perfume “You or Someone Like You” at Les Senteurs and had the added pleasure of hearing about the inspiration behind it from the man himself, Etienne De Swardt. Inspired by the book Chandler Burr wrote a few years back, Etienne liked the name so much that he gave Chandler complete freedom to create a scent that encompassed the book’s heroine and in collabo

Easter Monday and our Perfume of the Week is Lalique's, Encre Noire Pour Elle. The original Encre Noire for men was released in 2006 in a heavy black crystal block inspired by traditional inkwells and as it became extremely popular to both sexes the feminine version was released in 2009. Housed in the same bottle, the perfume created by Christine Nagel includes notes of Sicilian bergamot, freesia, Indonesian ambrette, Turkish rose, Chinese osmanthus, Haitian vetiver, Texan

Shanghai Tang was one of the collections that I wanted to try for a very long time so I was thrilled The Perfume (fairy godmother) Society included them in one their recent discovery boxes, the “Sharing Collection”, which included perfumes for both sexes. Needless to say I tried them all myself and although sharing is caring I am not parting with any of them until I try them first. Naturally I started off with the “men’s” perfumes of the Shanghai Tang collection. According to

For some people perfume collecting is a serious business. They hunt down long lost loves, vintage perfumes and bottles and continue to add to their collection literally every single day. The lovely people at The Perfume Society recognized our obsession and thought it'd be a good idea to show the rest of the world how we store our perfumes and share our obsession! Oh no no no this is not how my collection looks like AT ALL!! This is a staged photo shoot of my precious Aqua Al

Yesterday I attended a workshop organized by The Perfume Society and presented by perfumer Ruth Mastenbroek about “The secrets of synthetics: perfumery’s magic molecules”. During the workshop we had the opportunity to sniff a lot of “mythical” synthetics that changed the course of perfumery and the first perfumes that included them in their composition. Jo Fairley of The Perfume Society with Ruth Mastenbroek During the process we tried Ruth’s perfumes as well and it gave me

Last week I attended a Perfume Society event at Selfridges where Frederic Malle with the help of Jo Fairley took us on a journey through the history, collaborations, evolution and inspiration behind the perfumes of the line along with some interesting stories about them. One involved Musc Ravageur while still on testing and his assistant who played the role of the guinea pig. While wearing the initial version on her way back home on public transport she had some “uncomfortabl

The Merchant of Venice is one of the brands that I heard a lot about but never really got a chance to try. The Perfume Society came to the rescue again and organised yet another wonderful event at the House of Fraser to introduce us to the brand and celebrate the launch of the new perfume Rosa Moceniga. Rosa Moceniga started as a project between The Merchant of Venice and author Andrea Di Robilant who wrote “Chasing the Rose” that tells the story of how this rose was imported

One of the perks of being a member of The Perfume Society is the opportunity to take part in the amazing events they organise. The one I attended a couple of weeks ago introduced us to the Japanese Way of Incense. Kōdō (香道, "Way of Fragrance") is the art of appreciating Japanese incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. Kōdō includes all aspects of the incense process, from the tools (香道具 kōdōgu), to activities such the incense-comparing game