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...

Flaming June: childhood scent reveries

Although it feels more like flooded June!  Its my birthday this month and for me June signals the start of Summer,  a sense of nostalgia descends remembering childhood Summers.

Forever Amber

Secluded in the comfortable environs of The New Cavendish Club in Marylebone, we were treated to an amble through favoured Amber fumes with Birgit of Olfactoria's Travels ...

Courtly Beauty Secrets from the 17th Century

Well this is not exactly a typical anti-ageing recipe, but in the 17th century, similarly strange, repellent and sometimes toxic substances were used in the name of beautification, as we soon found out...