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 […]