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10th August 2015

Perfume Society Blogger of the Month Giveaway!

 I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am to have been chosen as The Perfume Society’s Blogger of the Month for August!  As many of you might know, perfume-reviewing, something I genuinely love, has been incredibly challenging for me over the last 18 months. After having first lost my sense of smell completely, only to then have it come back distorted and  […]

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9th August 2015

Skincare of the Week 09.08.15 (sensitive skin special edition)

My face was not happy this week, so I had to break out my emergency skincare SOS treats.  After using Ren’s Flash Rinse One Minute facial, I had a burning face for several hours, and last Sunday brought an irritated rash so it was time to drop essential oils, stop exfoliating, and avoid perfumed products as much as possible. The Darphin Intral toner is one […]

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6th August 2015

Ormonde Jayne Vanille D’Iris

At Linda Pilkington’s tiny jewel-box of an Ormonde Jayne salon in Bond Street last week, Vanille D’Iris was launched.  Expecting an over-sweetened custard-and-carrot melange from the name of the new addition to the core range (the first in a couple of years), I was extremely impressed with what I did find. At first sniff, Vanille D’Iris is dry and almost spicy, there is pink pepper […]

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5th August 2015

New Fornasetti Launches: RIP, Losanghe and Mille Bocche

I was at the  Fornasetti offices recently to look at their lastest candle releases and I fell in love – seriously!  I have a tiny collection of Fornasetti candles at home, but they’re so lovely that I have a hard time bringing myself to burn them, however this (tiny) collection of new designs surpasses, for me, anything they’ve done before.  Here’s a whole bunch of […]

Haircare
3rd August 2015

Christophe Robin Regenerating Mask and Cleansing Scrub

 Whenever I travel to Paris (which is not nearly often enough), I spend a lot of time in the pharmacies around the city, picking things up, attempting to make sense of the labels, and putting things back down again in mild befuddlement.  Admittedly, this is because I don’t really speak any French outside of restaurant menus (I’m better on German, Spanish and Portuguese), and so […]

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2nd August 2015

Skincare of the week 02.08.15

More pictures of the skincare that I’ve been using through the week, from instagram.  Above is what I tried out on Tuesday, The Alpha H cleanser is an old favourite, I really enjoyed digging it back out this week! On Wednesday I decided to try two new (to me) products, the Estee Lauder Day Wear, and the brand-new Alpha H Absolute Eye Cream with SPF. […]

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31st July 2015

A Parosmic at the (An)Osmotheque

Did you hear the one about the parosmic who went to the perfume museum?* A trip to the Osmotheque perfume museum in Versailles seemed like a dream come true when I’d booked it through Odette Toilette in April 2014.  Billed as an opportunity to smell classic fragrances dating back as far as the 1800’s (in faithfully recreated “original” formulations), plus an opportunity to talk through […]

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30th July 2015

Guerlain Terracotta Joli Teint Natural Healthy Glow Powder Duo

I’ve been a bit mystified (not hard, I realise) by the “glow powder” craze recently, lots of brands are bringing them out, and I couldn’t see what the point of a powder that is darker than a normal face powder, but not dark enough to use as a bronzer was.  Then I came home from my holiday with a (slight) tan and had a little […]

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29th July 2015

Omorovicza Refining Facial Polish

   A few years ago, I fell deeply in love with a cleanser, so deeply in fact, that I hoarded the final few millimetres in the jar for three years, saving it’s use for only very, very special occasions.  Recently, I was lucky enough to be reintroduced to the entire Omorovicza range (and that heavenly cleanser) and this product has become a little obsession recently […]

Lips
28th July 2015

Ultimate Nars Lip Pencil Set

  This summer’s (Selfridges only) limited edition collection from Nars is a godsend for nude-lip lovers!  Billed as the “Ultimate Lip Pencil Set”, the bright and lovely box contains three nude lip pencils in Stourhead, (satin formula) a lavender nude which is limited edition to this collection only, Biscayne Pink (satin formula), a browner pink, and Sex Machine (velvet matte formula) which is a more […]

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27th July 2015

Lipstick Queen Seven Deadly Sins Collection

Such plans I had for the blog in June/early July, but life got in the way, and a holiday plus starting a new job, plus a bunch of weekend plans that had been in place made blogging a logistical impossibility … anyway, I’m back now, and I’m armed with a new camera!  Anyhoo, back before all hell broke loose I attended the marvellous launch of […]

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26th July 2015

Skincare of the week …

Or, my week on Instagram, basically.  I’ve been doing a project and messing about with a new camera, so my instagram has been full of pictures of skincare.  I thought you might like to see them too – although, if you don’t already follow me there, whyever not? Skin has been a bit parched lately, so I’ve been doubling up on the hyaluronic acid serums […]