I made a cheeky little Space NK purchase just before Christmas; the Philosykos eau de toilette from Diptyque. This makes it - by far - my most-repurchased luxury beauty item. I can't think of any other product I race through so quickly and so religiously keep "in...
I found a suitcase filled with pants and socks! As you do. There seems to be a neverending conveyor belt of boxes and cases that were stowed away in the storage container when we were having the house rebuilt; I thought I'd unpacked them all, but obviously not....
I adore the smell of both Neroli and Orange Blossom - they transport me to a calm, happy place. Ages ago I wrote about Charlotte Stockdale's collection for Jo Malone, in which she brought to life some of the scents from her travels, scents that were special to her,...
Two fruity little fig numbers for those of you who don't like their fig scents too "green" and woody. Personally, I'm very fond of a greenish fig - I like the freshness of it and the feeling that you're wearing something that's not quite a perfume. It's more organic...
Currently scenting my latest rented holiday "barn" (aka "four tiny rooms-with-annoying-feature-beams"): Mrs Todd's Figs in the Forest candle. It's absolutely beautiful; green and fresh but with a lovely warmth from the cedar, amber and musk that have been blended into...
One for those who want to skip past spring and head straight into summer: the Positano candle by Cire Trudon and Giambattista Valli. It's heady and exotic, packed chockablock full with white florals and jasmine and orange blossom, but it's also somehow very...
Now that's a weird old picture, isn't it? Sorry Jo Malone London, it does absolutely nothing to show off your splendid perfume packaging! But this post was always going to be more about books than fragrance, so in a way, the rather muddled imagery is quite apt. It's...
*this is a paid advertorial for Chloé Love Story. I was so pleased to be invited to join in with the Chloé Love Story project; I haven't done an editorial shoot in a few months (and probably won't be for a while, what with my growing baby bump) and so it was lovely to...
Aerin perfume: it was always going to be very pretty, wasn't it? The cosmetics line certainly is, with its pale pink packaging and its gold compacts and its flattering, illuminating makeup shades. The perfumes don't let the side down; they come in petite glass bottles...
I seem to be having a bit of a "rose revival" at the moment. I went off rose for a while, possibly because I completely overdid it, smothering myself in rose stuff from head to foot, but now I'm back on it with a vengeance. In fact, when I think about my total...
I've been sniffing my way through a lot of perfumes this month, but the standout one for me so far has been Rosabotanica by Balenciaga. Not a new fragrance - and one that I can't believe I've previously overlooked, considering it has rose in it! But this is a...
Oh, oh, OH! This little purse spray came through the letterbox and I couldn't believe how cute it was with its dolly bottle and cool packaging and then, as if things could get any better, I caught a whiff of the fragrance and it was MARNI ROSE! One of my favourite...