Tag: perfume
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Memoize Patientia: How to Smell Like a Bride Every Day
Just between you, me and the internet, Memoize is having a 70% off secret sale, and I’ve already swooped!
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Introducing The Scented Showcase: Meet Karen Timson.
Welcome to the scented showcase! This is a new series in which I shine a light on a perfume hero of mine. There are so many wonderfully talented indie perfumers and creators out there and they truly deserve to be in the spotlight.
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Lancôme Trésor: why it’s still a Treasure
I often feel that Lancôme Trésor is like an older child that has been eclipsed by a super cute baby sibling.
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How to Smell Expensive for Under £20: Avon Perfect Nonsense Figgy Matcha
Now it’s time for one of my favourite notes to step on to the stage in Avon’s Perfect Nonsense collection. Enter fig, stage left, accompanied by her close friend Matcha
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Try Something New! Avon Perfect Nonsense Banana Oud
Affordable and playful? Don’t mind if I do. Avon are messing about in the lab again and having serendipitous results, thanks to perfumers Adriana Medina and Amélie Jacquin. You may recall Avon Perfect Nonsense Bamboozle Cocktail, Choco Tuberose, Ginger Blaze and Peppery Peaches, which I reviewed earlier this year. Well, make way for Avon Perfect…
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Enter The Forest: Hermia and Pendragon by Karen Timson
Enter a forest of myth and magic with Hermia and Pendragon.
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Stalk it! Papillon Perfumery Bengale Rouge by Elizabeth Moores 2019
Bengale Rouge is perfumer Liz Moores’ love story to the miraculous beauty that nature displays each day in her forest compound. Inspired by her oldest Bengal cat, it was Mimi’s green eyed feline beauty that inspired this dizzylingly brilliant perfume. The scent itself is about the flora as well as the fauna. This is a…
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How to wear Violet Riot by The Lab Co: Flowers, spice and all things nice
Renowned for their eco-friendly scented laundry sheets, The Lab Co has dipped its toe into perfumed waters with Violet Riot, their first, and so far, only perfume. Frankly, it had me at violet. I didn’t need to know any more. “Yes please!” I said to the PR team when they offered me a bottle to…
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Adscenture Secret Garden Extrait de Parfum (2023)
If you’re looking for a summer scent that gets you compliments, then you have arrived at your destination. As you can imagine, I have many fragrances and tend to wear them on rotation. I won this bottle during National Fragrance Week back in March and decided the warm weather merited a summery floral. Within minutes…
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Wales Perfumery Introduces the Storii Collection with Fablas Ice Cream
Choose your own Chapter with Wales Perfumery Storii. Mix and match to find your favourite. Goes well with ice cream. And cake.