Silvery seventies chic Got a 50ml eau de toilette for £33 from Boots. This is an iconic one. It launched in 1970, so is now fifty years old, designed with arty, assertive, metropolitan intellectual Parisienne Left Bank ladies in mind. The fab silver black and bright blue striped metal tin is instantly recognisable and looks […]
Flower by Kenzo
I’m coming back to the blog having last posted in February 2020. Five months ago. Feels like five years from this strange new future limbo-land of coronavirus. After reeling from the initial shock of London’s covid-19 lockdown (‘ok, so now, you stay at home, you never get on the bus or the tube, you only […]
Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert by Bvlgari
(Slow down and smell the tea) This is one of the first scents I tried for this project and truly loved. I got a 15ml second-hand sample on eBay (£14.50), and will likely commit to a proper big ol’ bottle when it’s done.It launched in 1993 and was first intended as a masculine scent, got […]
Infusion d’Iris by Prada
This was one of my earliest sniffs as I started exploring in earnest. I’d added it to my list during feverish web browsing when I caught the scent bug. Then the same day I came across a sample vial rolling around on my in-laws coffee table. I admired it, but it is not a scent […]
