Today was a perfect day to be wearing Parfums de Nicolaï’s Le Temps d’une Fête. It was not that I had anything in particular to celebrate. It… Read more “Sunlight on the lawn”
Category: Books
Scents of Place
I’m reading a book about terroir at the moment.* As you may know, terroir is mostly a wine term (although it can refer to coffee, tea, chocolate… Read more “Scents of Place”
Book review: Coming to my Senses by Alyssa Harad
Something interesting is happening. Passionate perfume lovers are getting themselves into print. For some years now the internet has provided an unprecedented opportunity for perfume consumers to… Read more “Book review: Coming to my Senses by Alyssa Harad”
Scented writing
Lovers of Guerlain’s Chamade probably know that the perfume was apparently inspired by Francoise Sagan’s novel La Chamade, first published in 1965, and followed a few years… Read more “Scented writing”
Lazy Weekend Read: Essence & Alchemy
Fragrance has the instantaneous and invisible power to penetrate consciousness with pure pleasure. Scent reaches us in ways that elude sight and sound but conjure imagination in… Read more “Lazy Weekend Read: Essence & Alchemy”
beauty on the outside 