Chanel L’Eau: The New No5
Last week I went to the launch of the new Chanel No5 fragrance, No5 L’Eau, and for the past three days I have been doing a bit of a “compare and contrast”, walking around wearing the original No5 on...
View ArticleTom Ford Orchid Soleil : Liquidised Holiday Vibes
Those still searching for their signature summer scent might like to give Tom Ford’s Orchid Soleil a try. It’s heady but not cloying, exotic but in the “steamy, sexy nights” way instead of the “I’ve...
View ArticleTom Ford Soleil Blanc: The Summery Wintery Dry Oil Spray
Well this is just extraordinary. It has to be the most un-seasonal seasonal beauty release I’ve ever happened upon: a winter launch of a fragrance product that is so summery, so reminiscent of...
View ArticleDiptyque Philosykos: A Life-Long Love Affair
I made a cheeky little Space NK purchase just before Christmas; the Philosykos eau de toilette from Diptyque. This makes it – by far – my most-repurchased luxury beauty item. I can’t think of any...
View ArticleLove In Idleness: If Naughty Fairies Wore Scent
Atkinsons’ Love In Idleness is such a romantic, beautifully feminine fragrance – I mentioned this in my Valentine’s Day post as a springtime alternative to the more predictable rose scents, but it’s...
View ArticleNarciso Musc Oil Parfum: 90% Cashmere
I’m about to be a total tease because Narciso Musc Oil isn’t really available online, it’s more of a “try and find it instore” sort of job. But wearing this for the past few weeks has reminded me how...
View ArticleFour Great Summer Scents for Sexy Skin and Hair
I think I may have been a solar panel in a former life. Admittedly that’s a slightly unconventional thing to have been in a past life – people tend to cite cats, dogs, birds, royalty – but I can’t...
View ArticleMy Favourite Beach-In-A-Bottle Fragrances
I’m really in the mood for a bit of high-summer fragrance, at the moment. I think it’s because we keep getting these little pockets of surprise hot weather; one day it’s drizzly and grim and then the...
View ArticleGeranium Nefertum: So Sexy It Hurts
Well, Molton Brown’s new Geranium Nefertum range is a bit of a surprise. I can’t remember the last time I needed to try a fragrance on Mr AMR with such immediacy – I actually sprinted down the stairs...
View ArticleIf Jo Malone Did Harvest Festival
Not since Molton Brown’s Geranium Nefertum have I spritzed a scent and really really liked it. I think that my nose has gone on strike, to a certain extent – it’s not that it can’t smell things, it...
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