by Hannah Kane | Jun 3, 2015 | Beauty
The heady world of fragrance is a complex jungle. Beneath the industry’s shiny facade of mass-produced, label-associated flacons lies an art form as richly steeped in history as any other. Today, the niche and the cult are blossoming, with exemplary new brands...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 21, 2015 | Beauty
Luxury living with a holistic heart With stress cementing itself as a deep-seated and overriding issue in our everyday lives, we are sometimes required to travel a little further than the scented bubble-bath aisle in order to find mental relief. If this strikes a...
by Hannah Kane | Oct 10, 2014 | Beauty
Suzy Nightingale is recruiting perfume missionaries Could you, hand on heart, give an accurate description of what constitutes a ‘Chypre’ perfume? Could you name what family your favourite fragrance belongs to? How about a definition of the difference between an Eau...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 16, 2014 | Beauty
Ever since she was presented with a bottle of strawberry-scented perfume on her fourth birthday, a bottle which was swiftly confiscated after she poured it over herself “and possibly tasted some of it”, Odette Toilette has been fascinated by fragrance. A burgeoning...
by Hannah Kane | Apr 3, 2014 | Beauty
Having been led by his nose all his life, the self-proclaimed ‘perfumed ponce’ and forthcoming resident of Downton Abbey Richard E Grant began the official launch party for his debut fragrance by explaining that the idea for the scent popped into his head...
