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Scent & Architecture: Evocative structures

Scent & Architecture: Evocative structures

An extract from Daniel Defoe‘s Journal of the Plague Year, 1722, is quoted in the book and he wrote: “If we came to go into a church when it was anything full of people, there would be...

The smell of liquid gold for an Olympian

The smell of liquid gold for an Olympian

Sigh, I have now had some time to recover from the emotional highs, lows and drama of part one of the Olympic Games.  Intoxicating tension, inspiration and amazing  demonstrations of courage...

Stench and the City

Stench and the City

I spotted this hilarious photo in The Metro, the nose sculpture was picked to promote the The London Dungeons'  'Stinky Summer' exhibition.

It's 'National Book Lover's Day'

It's 'National Book Lover's Day'

If you can bear to drag yourself away from the Olympics coverage, why not take a break in a sunny spot and get your nose stuck in a book - new, old or swapped!

Led by the Nose - 'The Seven Noses of Soho' Walk

Led by the Nose - 'The Seven Noses of Soho' Walk

Ok, this is a bit tenuous, no perfumery whatsoever but any opportunity to take a walk and discover idiosyncratic oddities of London and I am the first to sign up!  

In the forests of Sweden

In the forests of Sweden

A friend provided me an inspiration for a blend the other week, she has spent many memorable breaks inSweden and loved the smell of the forests, with their cool, resinous, coniferous aromas.

Renaissance Beauty Secrets - Natural Cosmetic Making

If my previous post on the 17th century beauty lecture I attended whetted your appetite, well exciting news...