Chanel 1932 Winner!
Image: Chanel Sincere thanks to all of you who entered last week’s draw for a sample of Chanel’s brand new 1932. I genuinely enjoyed reading all your comments. However, we…
Image: Chanel Sincere thanks to all of you who entered last week’s draw for a sample of Chanel’s brand new 1932. I genuinely enjoyed reading all your comments. However, we…
You won’t be surprised to learn that I think my book would make an ideal present for Valentine’s Day: it’s pretty, it’s entertaining and it might lead the scentusiast (or…
If you’re in or near London on Wednesday 6th Feb, you might like to make your way to Rivington Street for a Gorilla Perfume event at which I’m going to…
Penhaligon’s Singapore store (Image: Penhaligon’s Singapore Facebook page) Have the lovely folks at Penhaligon’s finally settled on a direction for the look and feel of their brand? If preview images…
Drum roll, please: the shortlists for this year’s Jasmine Awards have just been announced. In the ‘Digital’ category, not one, but three examples of my work have been singled out…
Back in 1995, Jean-Paul Gaultier released his first fragrance for men. You may have heard of it. It’s called Le Male, it’s sold in a bottle shaped likely a finely-toned…
Call me insane, but I actually thought this one would turn out to be all right. The advertising campaign and the packaging are so gloriously over-the-top, I began to believe…
I’ve just realised that we’re in the fourth week of the year and we haven’t had a give-away yet. Allow me to make amends. How about a 2 ml sample…
There are two, closely related opening statements I could’ve used for this review. The first is that debut scents from fashion houses have recently attained high standards of quality (check…
Peoneve, one of the scent highlights of 2012, has crept into a few Penhaligon’s boutiques in a new extrait form. In order to create it, Olivier Cresp returned to his…
Please click here for Gaia Fishler’s great review of my book on The Non-Blonde. I love the idea of a side-by-side comparison of Tommy Girl with Tom Of Finland! And…
Thierry Wasser doesn’t hold back. Or at least, he doesn’t appear to. With every expletive, wry quip and dropped name, he gives the impression of someone who speaks first, thinks…
Over the course of the festive season, I thought I could smell Mathilde Laurent‘s L’Heure Vertueuse everywhere. When I was chopping sprigs of thyme, tarragon and rosemary to go into…
My thanks to a loyal reader for sending me a cutting from the Telegraph Magazine (8th September 2012) featuring Vicki Reid’s interview with Lyn Harris of Miller Harris. As the…
Poor chap didn’t get any socks for Christmas Happy New Year to one and all! I hope those of you who had a festive break were able to rest, relax…