Beauty Knowhow: Real scents of style By Edwina Ings-chambers Published: 00:02 BST, 6 June 2021 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 6 June 2021 Oh-so-covetable spritzes – with perfectly matching accessories Fashion and jewellery brands launching fragrances is well established but it is a new venture for Italian leather brand Furla. It’s created five excellent aromas in … Read more
Sweet smell of nostalgia! Shoppers turn to familiar scents for comfort amid the pandemic – with sales of 80s and 90s classics such as Davidoff Cool Water and Tommy Girl up by as much as 188% The Perfume Shop revealed sales of nostalgic scents from 80s and 90s are up Sales of 1988’s Cool Water by … Read more
A perfumer has revealed his insider tip for creating your own signature smell – by layering your favourite scents. Perfume Direct has provided the ultimate solution to put a stop to you falling out of love with your everyday fragrances and helps people avoid potentially ‘over-powering’ others. With a recent survey finding, on average, people … Read more
Certain scents can often bring back nostalgic memories, and smelling a specific perfume can have the power to transport us back to whenever we last wore it. And now experts have revealed which fragrances have defined the last five decades after online perfume retailer PerfumeDirect asked 2000 UK adults to vote for the top perfumes … Read more
After almost 150 days in lockdown, people are turning to familiar scents in an effort to get a dose of normality and reminisce about simpler times. Lockdown shoppers are shunning the traditional white musk or cinnamon stick in favour of stale beer, wet dog, burned skin and even a whiff of Portaloo as people long … Read more
Insomnia has been an unwelcome part of my life for a decade. An unbroken night’s sleep is a luxury I rarely enjoy. As a musician, my sleep patterns are regularly disrupted by my working schedule. At weekends, that can mean working odd hours – sometimes starting at 11pm, and finishing at 6am. Then I have … Read more