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Fashion & BeautyMarch 7, 2018

Perfume Inspiration For Mother’s Day

By Amanda

Not only is it National Fragrance Week -hope you’re all double-dosing yourselves with your favourite scents in celebration- but it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday too, so I’m living in a very perfume orientated world this week, as it’s a busy… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 21, 2016

Perfume: The Best Last Minute Christmas Gift

By Amanda

I’m sure, dear womenfolk, that you are all super organised, with every present bought and wrapped as we screech (nearly) to a halt on festive present buying. Of course you are. For those who, like me, have just the odd… Read More

Art, Culture & Craft, We Are ReadingOctober 22, 2015

Perfume, A Century Of Scents

By Amanda

One of my favourite women involved in fragrance is Lizzie Ostrom, who as her alter ego Odette Toilette runs enjoyable and informative scented events. Lizzie has been extremely generous with her time and encouragement over We Wear Perfume and we… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 14, 2015

How to make a Terrarium with Yardley and Grace & Thorn

By Jane

One of the great things about blogging is being asked to really interesting launches and events and last week I was invited to the launch of Yardley‘s new fragrance English Bluebell. A group of bloggers gathered at the Hackney based… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 7, 2015

We Wear Perfume launches today!

By Amanda

Sooo… After months of fiddling about and sniffing more fragrance than is good for a girl, project perfume is finally here….We Wear Perfume is my new perfume site, a sister to TWR but sitting separately (you can jump thorough directly… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 10, 2015

Perfume review: 4160 Tuesdays, with Sarah McCartney

By Amanda

‘Project Perfume’, which has been keeping me as busy as a Labour Party leadership candidate for months, is nearly ready for launch. Exciting! Well, it is if you like perfume. It’ll be run by me (Amanda) as a sister blog… Read More

Home & Garden, We Are ReadingJuly 21, 2015

Companion To Scented Plants by Stephen Lacey

By Amanda

While on holiday I re did a bit of my garden and wanted to put in only plants that flowered and smelled fabulous. This book was on the review pile and became my sole reference for what to plant. It… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 2, 2015

Perfume review: Alaïa by Alaïa

By Amanda

It’s hard to believe this is Azzedine Alaïa’s first ever perfume in a world where every designer jumps on the money making fragrance bandwagon. But Alaïa isn’t your average designer, he doesn’t play by the rules and prefers to work… Read More

Things We LoveMay 26, 2015

Perfume review: Arquiste and Bloom

By Amanda

New small-but-beautiful perfume houses are popping up all over the place at the moment, it’s a bit ‘another week, another new brand’ which is very exciting for anyone tired of the mass market selection. But of course you need to… Read More

Things We LoveMay 22, 2015

Atelier Des Ors: aspirational perfume for when you’re feeling flush

By Amanda

Now, I’m not suggesting for one minute that this new gold-infused perfume from new perfume house Atelier Des Ors is something you’ll all want to go out and buy, it’s prohibitively expensive for a start -£225 for 100mls of eau… Read More

Out & AboutMay 12, 2015

The new fragrance and beauty hall at Fortnum & Mason

By Amanda

Over at Fortnum and Mason, in London’s Piccadilly, there’s been a revamp of the fragrance and beauty floor which is worth a visit. I know Fortnum’s is The Queen’s grocer so I’m risking treason here, but I’ve not been that… Read More

Things We LoveApril 22, 2015

Perfume review: Avery’s own range fragrance launch

By Amanda

More lovely new fragrances to talk about today, it’s thrilling to see how many interesting, quality fragrances are being launched at the moment. The main stream fragrances brands, who have been rather lazy with their rather predictable block buster fragrance … Read More

Things We LoveApril 13, 2015

Perfume review: fragrances for teenage boys update

By Amanda

A quick update on fragrances for both teenage boys and young men generally, I was drawn to these two smells from Victorinox, which owns the Swiss Army Knife brand. It’s the cute design of the bottles that attracted me, making… Read More

Out & AboutMarch 30, 2015

New store love: Haeckels, Made from Margate

By Amanda

Easter is coming up, and if you have no plans and fancy a trip, can I suggest you think about Margate? I appreciate it’s got tough competition from our tempting guest post about Deal (and it is south, obvs) but… Read More

Things We LoveMarch 9, 2015

Perfume review: Ostara by Penhaligons, the perfect Mothers Day perfume

By Amanda

Another divinely packaged fragrance from Penhaligon’s, (read here for more), this time featuring a laser cut wrap of daffodils running charmingly all around the box of the new Ostara perfume. I have this in front of me as I write… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 2, 2015

A moment with Diane Pernet and her new fragrance collection

By Amanda

I’m not sure how many of you will have heard of Diane, she writes the blog A Shaded View On Fashion and holds cult status amongst the fashionata for her support of original designers and film makers. I’ve loved her… Read More

Things We LoveMarch 2, 2015

Tudor fragrance love: Jo Malone Rock of Ages collection

By Amanda

Fessing up, I haven’t actually trialled this new set of fragrances from Jo Malone, but the very wise Sali Hughes has, read here, and really liked them. If she gives them the thumbs up, the likely hood is they are… Read More

Things We LoveFebruary 27, 2015

Penhaligon’s Trade Routes Collection

By Amanda

Trade Routes is another lovely collection of fragrances from British brand Penhaligon’s. Launching ‘collections’ of fragrances is becoming something of a thing, offering three to ten new fragrances in one launch rather than the odd one here and there. This… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 4, 2015

Cold weather protection for older skin

By Amanda

While I love a bit of snow, cold weather generally makes my skin itch. My skin has got more sensitive to cold weather as I’ve got older and I shrivel up like a sun dried tomato at the first signs… Read More

Things We LoveJanuary 21, 2015

Perfume review: Á la rose by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

By Amanda

If you are a rose lover, then pay attention to this new fragrance by Maison Francis Kurkdjian, which is an exquisite blend of the two roses rosa damascena and rosa centifolia. Á la rose is a light bright rose that… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 17, 2015

Weekend Woman: Jo Malone

By Amanda

Did anyone else hear the inspiring Desert Island Discs this week featuring Jo Malone? Jo is one of our TWR perfume heroines. Everyone knows Jo Malone, it’s hard to overestimate the influence Jo has had on our fragrance buying habits,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyDecember 10, 2014

Fragrant bling: perfumed jewellery from By Kilian and Penhaligon’s

By Amanda

I am currently lusting after some jewellery that could be called well, ‘smelly,’ although perhaps ‘fragrantly glamourous bling’ is a more alluring description. Perfumers are keen to get us to wear their fragrances in ever more interesting ways, including through… Read More

Things We LoveNovember 30, 2014

Perfume review: The White Line by Odin

By Amanda

Oh my, the White Line is a lovely new addition to the New York based Odin fragrance collection. Lets talk about the way the perfumes smell first….the White Line is a fresher, more floral and a little more feminine than… Read More

Fashion & BeautyNovember 20, 2014

Best perfumes for teenage boys, twenty-something sons and middleagedads

By Amanda

The last post I did on ‘best perfumes for teenage boys‘ was one of our most read posts ever, it seems help is definitely needed when it comes to selecting good smells for boys (and men). So with that in… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 31, 2014

Ormonde Jayne Solid Perfume Compact

By Amanda

It’s not too early to be making Christmas lists for ourselves, is it? Because this elegant little perfume compact from Ormonde Jayne would make a fabulous addition to anyone’s stocking. Firstly it is glamourous, with a heavy, solid feel to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 31, 2014

Dear Rose, perfume with grown-up French chic

By Amanda

I love it when I get an opportunity to meet successful older women with TWR. I am curious to understand what it takes to get to the top and then stay there, particularly when it’s in a very male dominated… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 17, 2014

Talking perfume with Oxana Polyakova at Bloom Perfumery

By Amanda

I went to catch up with the terrific Oxana Polyakova, founder of the Bloom perfume boutique in Shoreditch. When Oxana describes a perfume to me I want to try it immediately. She has a magical way with words when it… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 3, 2014

Perfume review: Nevermore by P Frapin & Co

By Amanda

This new release Nevermore, from the heritage fragrance brand P Frapin & Co (the company was founded in 1270), is one of those smells that people seek you out to ask what it is. I have been trialling it and… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingOctober 3, 2014

The Perfume Bible by Josephine Fairley and Lorna McKay

By Amanda

Do you remember the recent post we did on The Perfume Society? Well, the fragrant team behind that great idea, Jo Fairley and Lorna McKay, have brought out an excellent book on the whole subject of perfume, how to buy,… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 2, 2014

Perfume review: Wood Sage & Sea Salt by Jo Malone London

By Amanda

Jo Malone London has a great new fragrance out that might suit middleagedads and teensons. Mine have been very impressed with it, so much so that it disappeared off my shelf a while ago and I forgot all about it… Read More