Category: Fragrance

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I said it was a fragrance heavy week, and by the looks of things, next week will be too because there are some great launches and new-to-me products to review. But this one, Jo Malone London Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense, as part of their limited edition Blossoms collection, is nothing short of delicious. It’s…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] You know when a fragrance just gets you? I smelled this maybe two years ago and have never, ever forgotten it. It laid such a strong olfactory impression that I don’t even need to think about what it smells like – I just know. However, although I’m very, very drawn to it, I’m still…

[unpaid/sample] This is a fragrance heavy week one way and another and I’m kicking off with the new collection of fragrances from Loewe and the Botanical Rainbow campaign. I’m not very familiar with Loewe (pronounced Loh-we-veh) fragrances, but the collection has been transformed by Jonathan Anderson as a colour, touch and smell system. Colour and…

Given that a dash to Sainsburys or Tesco is now the highlight of my week (occasionally I will walk to my nearest M&S) I’m paying a bit more attention to what they are offering, beauty wise. After loving my Sainsburys Christmas candle with the little robin on it, I thought I’d give them another try…

[unpaid/affiliate/ad] I literally only spotted this a few minutes ago but I’ve got straight onto the blog with it because I know how much we are enjoying fragrance at the moment. Obviously, I don’t have a sample but am very familiar with this brand – Pomelo appeared in one of my first ever beauty boxes…

[unpaid/sample/ad/affiliate] If you like your rose sweet, fruity and powdery, look no further than the new launch from L’Occitane, Rose Calisson, which is both. Calisson? An almond paste candy that you’d know on sight even if the name isn’t familiar. They’re those almond shaped sweets like petit fours that are made with ground almonds and…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This made me smile when it arrived – a little Jo Malone candle for every room. The one I put on the burn first was Grapefruit because it’s so long since I smelled it and was just such a lovely, zesty and fresh fragrance that filled the whole room. I know we are talking…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If you don’t know the Baies scent, it’s a rosy, fruity, green affair that gives generously on fragrance – my kitchen yesterday was a joy to be in. The brand is using lines to play with scent and light as their 60th anniversary collection. While it’s hard to muster the same enthusiasm for lines…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Being honest, at first I didn’t think I liked the new fragrance from Chanel. Le Lion is very resinous – it’s got that antique wood kind of note that takes me back to visits to stately homes in my childhood. I’d describe this fragrance as fuzzy – you’re not quite sure what you’re getting…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] When Scarlet Poppy arrived, I wondered how the smell of poppy would be interpreted because even the best noses in the world have trouble pinning down exactly what poppies actually smell of. I made notes on the first spritz that read ‘peppery, powdery, juicy, warm and earthy’ – it’s hard to be exact or…

[unpaid/sample] Oh my – the absolute excess of this is something of a thrill. I love colour in a world of neutral beauty packaging and this has it over and over, from the beautiful turquoise bottle, the gold embossing and the sumptuous bottle shape. I didn’t really know what to expect, as I’ve not smelled…

[unpaid/affiliate/ad] So – this is a discovery! And, something I think you’ll really like because it’s different from your usual discovery sets. It’s an absolute genius idea – particularly at the moment when we need distractions and pleasures both at once. The idea is that it’s a ‘blind’ discovery set – you won’t know what…

[affiliate/ad] A while ago I posted wondering why there were no specific new year candles (it turned out that there are one or two) when our scent desires change so rapidly from cinnamon and incense to anything but. I’ve got several candles coming up and they’re all as far away from festive as you might…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] So, I have questions! Why does the candle say Crabtree on it, when the lid says Crabree & Evelyn and it’s actually called Raw Instinct? I actually don’t really know why it’s called Raw Instinct either because that doesn’t really give you any idea of what you’re getting… Despite the muddled-ness of this candle,…

[unpaid/sample] I love to hear about new candle brands – our candle market is so dominated by just a few so any newness is welcome. Crosskey is startup, made in the UK brand from former PR, Howard Crosskey. It’s risen from consequences of the pandemic and is something of a resilience story. We’ve all of…