02 Nov
Lindsey Kelk on the backhanded compliment that makes her feel punchy If you don’t already know who Amy Schumer is, please open another window, Google her and then we’ll start again. No really, I’ll wait. It’ll be worth it. If you do know who Amy Schumer is, good for you! Now, did you see that parody she did of a One Direction video? The ‘Girl, You Don’t Need Make Up’ one? You did? Congrats! If you didn’t, you know what...
29 Oct
French apartment meets 2001 in the perfume house’s first London store With Frederic Malle joining Chanel and Penhaligon’s in London’s Burlington Arcade, the iconic Mayfair shopping strip is rapidly becoming a key destination for the capital’s high-end scenthounds. Indeed, with the coming additions of Roja Perfumes and Kilian, the arcade may soon be smellable from space. An editor rather than conventional perfumer, Malle collaborates with carefully selected experts to concoct the house’s scents. As in all his stores, black...
28 Oct
Debra Brock signs up to a new subscription service for fragrance fans. I’m what you might call (and I definitely do) a fragrance enthusiast. Even before a recent, inspiring fragrance consultation at Roja Dove, my bottle collection had reached need-new-cupboards level. So when I discovered industry expert Jo Fairley’s latest venture, The Perfume Society, I was on it faster than an X Factor winner signing their first tooth whitening contract. The Perfume Society offers many ways to explore fragrance under...


