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  I haven't read too much about the release of the latest fragrance from Amouroud; Silk Route , and I'm wondering why that is?...

  Sometimes a packaging concept is just so perfect that it hits all the right notes for a brand.  Italian music-lovers Andrea and Chiara...

  I confess, I'm sat here at my keyboard with literally no idea of what I'm about to write, so if this "review" of Beau...

Christmas isn't Christmas in the Lippie household without an Aromatics gift set of some sort, and so, after discovering that I have e...

l-r Eau de Parfum (black glitter), Eau de Toilette (copper glitter), Nuit Blanche (white glitter) Recovering from a disabled sense of sm...

Confession time: I only own one bottle of Frederic Malle fragrance, and I've never reviewed it.  As perfume writers go, I'm a te...

Some of my favourite people wear Flowerbomb, but I will admit that up until recently, the appeal of the clean and sugary pink floral, whi...

I was lucky enough to be invited along to the launch of Jo Malone London Basil and Neroli fragrance earlier this year,  and I'm very...

The last time Amazing Grace appeared on this blog , I referred to it as an "anti-perfume", the smell of clean laundry, and des...

Oud.  It's a funny old ingredient, essentially it's the smell of infected tree sap, and yet it's one of the most prized (no...

One of the best things about being a beauty blogger is the fact that all kinds of things arrive in an unexpected fashion,  and occasional...

Fornasetti is the most whimsical design brand around, and I can never resist it.  This is a surprise to me, as I'm not really a fan o...

The press release for Monotheme Verbena Eau de Toilette arrived last week, and I was literally kicking myself for not having paid any att...

My orange blossom obsession continues (it'll pass, don't worry.  Hopefully).  After a £35 shower gel yesterday , here's one f...

To my eternal shame, I do not own a bottle of Cologne Indelebile by Frederic Malle .  And I should, for it is a new classic fragrance in...

  Jasper Conran Nude Woman , the latest fragrance from the Jasper Conran range, is housed in a beautifully detailed bottle.  Hefty, but...

To say I'm a bit obsessed with orange blossom at the moment would be a mild understatement, so you might want to bear that in mi...

Good grief I fell hard for Rosaviola!  I didn't intend to, it's pink, it's girly, and it's very, very, very sweet.  But I...

Think of incense and you think of smoke, and churches, and heavy cloying fragrances.  I happen to love a little incense, but rarely burn ...

 This time two years ago, I was over the moon because I'd been shortlisted for a Jasmine Award by the Fragrance Foundation . It was ...