I attended the Grossmith Afternoon of Heritage and Discovery event at Les Senteurs on Seymour Place in Marylebone this past Sunday where Simon Brooke delivered to us a presentation detailing the discovery of his ancestral links to Grossmith perfumes and his and his family’s work in relaunching the venerated English perfume house.
Photo courtesy of thewomensroomblog.com
On Tuesday 9th September Bloom Perfumery on Hanbury Street in Spitalfields played host to Frapin’s Creative Director, David Frossard, who spoke to us about the creative process behind Frapin’s latest fragrant launch, Nevermore.
Photo courtesy of Fragrantica
Earlier this week I stopped into the Victoria Miro Gallery to check out the Francesca Woodman photographs on display in the Zigzag exhibition currently on until 4th October.
Here are some of my favorite images from the collection…
Perfect Fall evening in with Honestly Healthy’s Butternut Squash Risotto and Downton Abbey!
“All the best people were rubbish at numbers at school.”
Thanks for the reassurance, Mrs. Patmore!
Quite literally! Strolling home through the Brunswick Centre last night after scoring a couple of burgers, I noticed this sign up in one of the windows of the flats above! Too funny! I can’t imagine what the neighbors think.
And to think my neighbor complains to me about my bird feeder…
Yesterday evening I attended my first Perfume Lovers London event, Perfume and Well Being hosted by Lila das Gupta and presented by Tanya Moulding of The Perfume Mistress. Aside from running fragrance workshops, talks, private parties and perfume events, Tanya also works as an aromatherapist and had an extensive amount of information to offer to us about a variety of our favorite perfume accords, their history and the various ways she uses them in her line of work.
Autumn is definitely approaching. I can feel it every evening. The days are growing a bit shorter, and there is a real chill in the air once the sun sets. Not that I am complaining. I love this time of year. Not only do I consider Fall to be the fashion new year, but it is also the time of year when I can make giant batches of soup to ferret away in the freezer like some sort of gourmet doomsday prepper.
I had quite a large batch of carrots to use so I decided to make this fantastic recipe for curried carrot soup that I had saved some time ago from recipesfromapantry.com.
The soup was dead simple to make, and the taste had just the perfect mixture of sweetness with a kick of spice. It was absolutely delicious!
The recipe in full can be found here. Bon appetit!
I usually have no idea where I am when out and about in town, but wandering to the ICA with one of my very good friends Friday evening I came upon this gorgeous pair…
of buildings.
I’m not entirely sure what they are, but I really loved the style of architecture and the quintessential red telephone booths brought just the right amount of London flavor.
On Tuesday 9th September The Perfume Society had afternoon tea with Andy Tauer at Les Senteurs on Seymour Place in London where Andy introduced us to the first perfume in his Sotta la Luna Collection, Gardenia.
Photo courtesy of urbanwalkabout.com
Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Angela Flanders’ latest perfume, Bleu de Chine at her salon on Artillery Passage in Spitalfields .
bgirl rhapsody 