11; It's Beginning to Smell a Lot like Christmas

It’s not just on the festive day that our sense of smell becomes alive with particular scents. All the way through the season we eat drink and make merry building into a crescendo on the 25th of December. Our sense of smell, so powerful, that the moment we get a whiff of Cinnamon, Tangerine and Star Anise we know it’s the Christmas holiday period. Here we celebrate perfumes and explore these notes so familiar with the food we eat during this festive season. From a grind of black Pepper via spicy warming Cardamom and Ginger 11, it’s beginning to smell like Christmas.

Byredo Eyes Close EDP an olfactory experience that emotes connection yet still confounds expectations. Eyes Closed echoes an idea of both the ancient world and the contemporary one in its construction. Top notes of cinnamon and cardamom, two of the most antique of fragrances, have a primal immediacy redolent of close comfort and warm skin for both men and women. While carrot, orris butter and ginger at once complement the top, yet freshly cut through any notion of cloying – at its heart, this is a modern relationship of equals. A mysterious matching of papyrus and patchouli is at the base, similarly ancient and yet unexpected and modern in their complexity. Anchoring all with a gravitas, both compelling and cocooning.

27 87 Mosaique A cold smoky vibe infused with the mystical sweetness of honey, plum, and ylang-ylang juxtaposed with clean roasted cocoa, leather, and oak moss. A unique mosaic of ancient traditions and contemporary tribal rhythms. It opens with
Yellow Mandarin, Clary Sage, Plum followed by Ylang-Ylang, Tobacco, Patchouli, Honey and finishes with a flourish of Mate, roasted cocoa, oak moss.

Initio Paragon Extrait Paragon, goes beyond the skin all the way to the soul and leads you to another dimension : plenitude. It houses the botanical soul of Palo Santo and White Sage. It draws in the beneficial properties of these sacred plants, whose use has been secretly passed down through initiation ceremonies dating back to the first lines of Inca shamans. This mystical blend holds both protective and purifying powers. Notes include Bergamot, White Sage, Lavender
Plum, Palo Santo, Black Pepper Sandalwood, and Agarwood

Trvdon Medie EDP A freshness that runs on the skin, leaving a desirable trace of amber and leather on the surface. The opening notes are Mandarin, Grapefruit Heart Notes French Cypress, Sambac Jasmine Base Notes Frankinsence, Vetiver

Believe Plate by Jayne Redmond, Chritsmas believe Plate is part of the seasonal offering from the brand. Each piece is designed by Jayne and then painted by Jayne and her team of artists, ensuring that each item is absolutely unique. The company is proudly British and also run by women.

Wallpapers PALLETE wallpaper by Mind The Gap is a lively reinterpretation of our TRAITE DES COULEURS design, presenting pages from Boogert’s 1692 study on hundreds of hand-painted colour swatches. The vibrancy of the new colour palette brings a more joyous graphic depiction to the wall, while still paying tribute to the ‘Traité des couleurs servant a la peinture a l’eau’ and its importance for the world of colour. SHEPHERD’S DELIGHT wallpaper by Mind The Gap is a refreshing design with multi-coloured floral patterns on a soft blue background. Evoking the tranquil essence of Transylvanian flower fields, the gentle batik-inspired background is brought to life by bold, water-coloured blooms. This hand-painted wallpaper is layered in a single 900 cm roll, making it easy to install and create a stunning focal point in any room.