l'Occitane have launched their winter fragrance, Arlésienne, and I have to tell you that I know more backstory on this fragrance than on pretty much any other beauty product I've ever tried. (Apart from CoLab, of course.) Earlier in the year I visited Arles in the...
Wah! Sorry to be a total beauty enabler this week, but Narciso Eau de Parfum by Narciso Rodriguez is just an absolute show-stopper. Look at that bottle! So understated and chic with its smooth, square lid and simple bottle design. And how many white perfumes have you...
Oh ho ho, I am so ready for deep and sexy wintertime perfumes and Yves Saint Laurent's Black Opium is just about as sexy as they come. I mentioned Chanel's Coco Noir Parfum last week - it's a very concentrated, sexed-up version of the popular eau de toilette - but I...
Earlier in the year I wrote about Chanel's amazing Les Exclusifs; highly concentrated perfumes in teeny, beautifully-crafted glass flacons with perfectly formed stoppers and chic, minimalist labelling. Just a few drops of these special perfumes and you're scented for...
Beauty products that remind me of my first few years as a model: Elnett hairspray (I have been fumigated with this stuff to within an inch of my life); Eight Hour Cream from Elizabeth Arden (makeup artists used to use this sticky concoction for everything, including...
I know that I've covered summer scents already, but I was sorting through my Cabinet of many Beauty Secrets and putting fragrances into groups (as you do) and this was the collection I nicknamed "hot and heady". I also have a group called "naughty rose" (I kid you...
Last week I wrote about Aurelia's amazing Firm and Revitalise dry oil; this week it's Roger & Gallet's Huile Gourmande that's taking centre stage. Or I should say that it's the scent of it, the Fleur de Figuier that's taking centre stage; it's quite a loud and...
Oh hello August, you sizzling-hot little git! Where did you spring from? I'm still answering emails with "hope you had a good New Year"! I'm not going on holiday until September (too much to do, too much to do) and so for now, I am making do with scents that remind me...
Sorry about this one folks: it's a post about an amazing product that I can't find a proper stockist for. I'm well aware of how annoying that is, but bear with me and I'll try to add some stockist information by the end of the day. I'm currently away from Mission...
I don't usually post about things before they're released but this perfume has stolen my heart. It's the Classique Intense from Jean Paul Gaultier and it's due to be launched next month, just in time for those hot, sultry evenings when you want a fragrance that's...
Well here's something rather special from Chanel; tiny, perfectly-formed glass flacons containing Les Exclusifs fragrances in their very purest form. Not only are the bottles themselves absolutely beautiful, with their little glass stoppers tied on with thread and...
Here's a warm, uplifting little fragrance to see you through to the summer; Connock London's Kukui. If you haven't had the pleasure of smelling the Kukui range then you've just found another thing to add to your list - it's a beautifully soft and comforting scent that...