by Jo Phillips
Just like when raw Gold meets the intense embrace of heat, it attains its utmost purity. So what happens when…
Glint, wonder, a lively twinkle that seems to have a personality of its own, is what you see when staring…
by Iris Farmer
The end of summer – as the sun’s golden caress starts to fade and the days shorten. There is a…
What do perfume and abstract art have in common? The potential to evoke unique and vivid sensory experiences.
In the past few years, Vanilla as a perfume note has been somewhat pillaged; her reputation, sullied, muddied. The once…
by Jo Phillips
Love the skin you are in: Well that’s what we are told, but spray some divine scent on it and…
by Jo Phillips
You may love fragrance so much that terms like Chypre or Gourmand are second nature, if so then you know…
by Jo Phillips
Who doesn’t love a diner, hamburgers, Fries, shakes, pie and ice cream? That informal food Mecca. But what is the…
by Jo Phillips
Saffron, the delicate fiery orange-yellow-red strands that grow from the beautiful yet simple Crocus flower. From England via India, Australia…
by Jo Phillips
Many of us now feel that by the very act of purchasing something we love, we can also give back….
by Jo Phillips
Scented, cool, emotionless, stoic, graphic and melancholy. Think concrete, bare walls, urban vast haunting landscapes; no emotion. Yet if perfume…
by Jo Phillips
In the UK the last bank Holiday in August tends to be the moment we realise summer is over, kids…
by Jo Phillips
That morning and evening tooth brushing session doesn’t usually involve much in the way of deep thought, but maybe it…
by Jo Phillips
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, so the saying goes, and maybe sucking on a lemon is good…
by Jo Phillips
One thing we may want to feel is not just clean but refreshed, and after being refreshed, we may want…
by Jo Phillips
It’s quite an intriguing little snippet we all may not be aware of, it also may be apocryphal, but even…
by Jo Phillips
There’s nothing wrong with getting some things right the first go around, simple, high-quality, clean ingredients paired with a process…
by Iris Farmer