Perfume boutiques

By Viki Hodges

Posted September 19, 2023 September 18, 2023

CHANEL Scent Matching Experience

Did you know that Chanel offers a Scent Matching Experience? Nor did I. But I recently had the opportunity to try this out at their new store in Battersea Power Station. It is available at any Chanel store worldwide where they stock the Les Excusifs range. It can be done as a walk-in, but…

'The sublime luxury of light and space in Hermès revamped Bond Street store…'

By Ines Socarras

In Perfume boutiques

Posted March 31, 2015

The sublime luxury of light and space in Hermès revamped Bond Street store…

If you haven’t recently visited Hermès London flagship store at 155 New Bond Street, we strongly urge you to do so immediately, as the feeling of space, light and quiet luxury they have created is really quite fabulous. Almost doubling their retail area – from 359 to 673 square metres – in one fell swoop,…

'It’s all about the individual: Ex Nihilo, Paris'

By Ines Socarras

In Perfume boutiques, Features, News

Posted April 7, 2014 April 12, 2020

It’s all about the individual: Ex Nihilo, Paris

Name to watch: Ex Nihilo. Slightly unpronounceable, yes. And what does it mean? ‘Creation out of nothing’. (Latin, it turns out.) Not quite the case here, of course: Ex Nihilo has conjured up some exquisite fragrances out of ingredients which are much more than nothing – including oudh, tuberose, gardenia, etc. Their concept is fragrance…