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Things We LoveApril 6, 2012

Printed perfume bottles from Jo Malone London

By Amanda

If perfume bottles are sitting on our dressing tables and taking up space, the very least they could do is look pretty. Often much of the marketing spend goes into packaging and exotic boxes (I think we are supposed to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 6, 2012

We love: Katie Puckrik Smells

By Amanda

We recently met the rather lovely Katie Puckrik, a stablemate of ours at Handpicked Media, who some of you may remember from her days as a presenter on the uber-cool TV programme The Word. She has transformed into Katie Puckrik… Read More

Things We LoveApril 4, 2012

Antonia by Puredistence

By Amanda

Jane and I are a tad worried The Women’s Room is turning into a beauty blog, what with all the perfume and skin care products we’re being introduced to. With perfume, I’m starting to run out of adjectives when describing… Read More

Things We LoveApril 1, 2012

Jo Malone London Scent Surround Collection

By Amanda

Jo Malone London’s Scent Surround collection launches on Monday 2nd April, making your house smell as nice as you after you’ve spritzed some of its lovely perfume. I’ve been testing the Red Roses Scent Surround Diffuser this week and I… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 13, 2012

Mother’s Day present ideas: a perfume and tea salon at Illuminum fragrances

By Amanda

Now THIS is what we call a good Mother’s Day present idea, a rare tea and perfume appreciation salon at Illuminum Fragrance Lounge in Dover Street., London For the last few weeks we’ve had PRs sending us ‘ideas’ for Mother’s… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 1, 2012

Perfume review: Blood Concept and Romantina

By Amanda

I have been immersed in beauty trends for a couple of weeks as part of the day job and jolly interesting it was too. Naturally there was perfume involved and I enthusiastically stuck my nose into a multitude of new… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 23, 2011

Perfume for stationery geeks: Comme des Garcons

By Amanda

When @tamsinblanchard tweeted that the new Comme des Garcons perfume smelled of brown tape and industrial glue, we knew we had to get a sample to test, after all, this could be the smell of stationery in a bottle and… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 21, 2009

Buy this: Wode by Boudicca

By The Womens Room

Graffiti can perfume that turns blue on impact and smells lovely, a perfect starter smell kit for teenagesons Having three teenage sons around the house, smell is something I feel I know quite a lot about. I can tell the… Read More