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Perfume review: Saffron from Jo Malone

By Amanda

It seems to be saffron’s turn to be ‘spice of the moment’ for fragrance, last year it was pink peppercorns. Saffron is an interesting oddball addition to the heftier Cologne Intense collection from Jo Malone, where prices are a wee… Read More

Out & About

We loved: So Dior at Harrods

By Amanda

I’m afraid to say we dropped the ball on this wonderful exhibition So Dior, of Dior clothes, perfume and accessories at Harrods, which finished yesterday, by not mentioning it when it first opened. If I hadn’t read Disneyrollergirl’s fabulous post… Read More

Things We Love

Jo Malone: Charlotte Stockdale’s Red Roses

By Amanda

Perfume house Jo Malone has taken on super-stylist Charlotte Stockdale to add a bit of youthful, edgy sparkle to the brand. Charlotte’s first collection, which will be available exclusively in Selfridges from 1st April, features this neon-dipped limited-and-numbered edition bottle… Read More

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Perfume Review: Dries Van Noten by Frederic Malle

By Amanda

Since I’m a die-hard Dries Van Noten girl, the news that the great man was working with Frederic Malle to create Dries’s first perfume left me giddy with olfactory excitement. I’d bought it before even smelling it, practically. So…..i dashed… Read More

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Perfume review: Eight & Bob

By Amanda

Eight & Bob is a super-smooth cologne that smells like a mix between Palm-beach glamour and Mediterranean sunshine that might smarten up a man you know. It’s not exclusively for men but the back story makes it quite masculine. Back… Read More

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Tea and Cakes from Jo Malone (with Sugar & Spice and Earl Grey fragrances)

By Amanda

The Great British Bake Off has much to answer for, not least a this bakery-inspired limited edition fragrance collection from Jo Malone London, just launching for spring. Sugar & Spice consists of five scents, Redcurrant & Cream, Ginger Biscuit, Lemon… Read More

Fashion & Beauty

Shay & Blue: new own brand perfume brand to cheer up February

By Amanda

One of the offshoots of doing all this fragrance research for the day job is that I get to pass the good stuff I found on to you and I’m going to stick my neck out here and say that… Read More