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Posted April 22, 2021 April 16, 2021

Bottling the smell of happiness to help treat depression…?

Can you bottle the smell of happiness to treat depression? Scientists are currently reseraching if ‘a spray of happiness’ could be one way to help, according to an article by Alex Whiting in Horizon magazine… Our bodies produce different scents when we feel happy or afraid. These so-called chemosignals – which are in fact odourless…

'Taste & Flavour – FREE cookbook for Covid sufferers who’ve lost their sense of smell'

By Suzy Nightingale

In Slider, News, Launches

Posted April 20, 2021 April 15, 2021

Taste & Flavour – FREE cookbook for Covid sufferers who’ve lost their sense of smell

Up to 80% of what we taste is actually relayed through smell, and a FREE cookbook, Taste & Flavour, has been written to help those who’ve lost their sense of smell following Covid… When it first came to light that many of those people who’d had or were still suffering with Covid-19 were experiencing loss…

'Latest Launches: Scent memories revived!'

By Samantha Scriven

In Features, Slider, News, Launches

Posted April 19, 2021 April 22, 2021

Latest Launches: Scent memories revived!

This week’s Latest Launches beckon you outside to revisit happy memories past and present. Bath House Climbing Trees sets the tone alongside Malin + Goetz Strawberry and Bel Rebel Bubble Gum. Who can resist the tall flowers of Kenzo FlowerbyKenzo EDT, looking as if it’s already in a vase for you? Round off a day…

By Suzy Nightingale

In Features, Slider, News

Posted April 15, 2021 April 13, 2021

Perfume in popular culture

Perfume in popular culture used be represented as something of a frippery, a subject to sneer at. Then there’s those endless pieces proclaiming that £4.99 ‘dupe’ bottles of scent are ‘exactly the same’ as classic fine fragrances (yeah, okay). But more recently, this eye-rolling attitude appears to be changing for the better. Certainly it seems…

'Ask Uncle James – our new ‘agony uncle’ James Craven solves your perfume problems'

By Suzy Nightingale

In Features, Slider, News

Posted April 13, 2021 April 8, 2021

Ask Uncle James – our new ‘agony uncle’ James Craven solves your perfume problems

We’ve a brand new team member for you to welcome – our agony uncle, James Craven (a.k.a. ‘Uncle James’). We asked you to pour out your perfume problems, Cologne conundrums and scented setbacks to him in The Scented Letter magazine, and with his years of experience and expert eloquence, he has answered! ‘Helping a client…

By Samantha Scriven

In Features, Slider, News, Launches

Posted April 12, 2021 April 7, 2021

Latest Launches: Eau so Emotional

This week’s Latest Launches are sure to take you on an emotional journey. Set off on a dramatic note with Ojar Forgiven Outrage before exploring the covetable feline bottle of CH beasts. Skandinavisk offers Island Solitude whilst Buly explores the mysteries of the Ural mountains with Forêt de Komi, before Atelier Materi coaxes ambrette into a scent…

'Forage – Stop to smell the flowers… then eat them, too?'

By Suzy Nightingale

In Features, Slider, News

Posted April 8, 2021 April 8, 2021

Forage – Stop to smell the flowers… then eat them, too?

Forage for your food, lately, or too scared to pick your own? There’s a whole world of edible plants growing around us, but if the closest you’ve ever been to foraging for food is scrumping apples (or more recently, scrabbling at the red-stickered items in your supermarket’s Reduced section), you need this beautiful book… Yes,…

'Escentric Molecules M+ exclusive webinar launch (watch here!)'

By Suzy Nightingale

In Features, Slider, Just launched, News, Launches

Posted April 7, 2021 April 1, 2021

Escentric Molecules M+ exclusive webinar launch (watch here!)

Escentric Molecules M+ is an incredible NEW trio, incorporating their iconic Molecule 01 with iris, mandarin and patchouli, respectively, for the most fabulous fragrant results. Now, you can purchase your own M+ Discovery Set and sniff-along online…! We just know you’re going to fall (hard) for all three of these Escentric Molecules M+ fragrances, and…

'Scent themed podcasts we’re listening to for spring'

By Suzy Nightingale

In Features, Slider, News

Posted April 6, 2021 April 6, 2021

Scent themed podcasts we’re listening to for spring

Scent themed podcasts seem to be bursting forth like so many buds blossoming, and we’re here for it! When we began recommending perfumed podcasts to listen to a couple of years ago, there really were only a handful around. Now? A whole bunch we’re adding to our ‘subscribe’ list for spring. Exploring our sense of…

By Samantha Scriven

In Features, Slider, News, Launches

Posted April 5, 2021 March 31, 2021

Latest Launches: Scents to Celebrate

With names like Radiant Osmanthus and Juniper Jazz, it’s clear to that this week’s latest launches are something to celebrate. Lacoste brings us visons of Wimbledon with Match Point whilst Creed Aventus glories in its Tenth Anniversary Limited Edition. In the final furlong, Parfums de Marly provides a breath-taking photo finish with the luxurious Pegasus…