THE JOURNAL

Find Your Perfume, Find Your Place

A New Year is a good opportunity to outline the next chapter of the narrative that shapes our lives. Not only are we heralding a new year, we are also transitioning into a new decade. January is a ...

Busting Perfume Preconceptions

When we are born, we have no preconceptions of scent. Our sense of smell is present from the womb and somewhere along the way, we make positive and negative connections to the things we smell. We d...

Scent Your Home This Christmas

Why are we drawn to satsumas, cloves and frankincense at Christmas? For many of us, harnessing the smell of Christmas is an act of nostalgia. We sniff the boughs of the fir trees to find the one wi...

Luxury Perfume that Doesn’t Cost the Earth

This Christmas we want to shop sustainably without compromising on quality. Perfume is a wonderful gift to give but with so many different options from which to choose, how can you tailor your sele...

Tailor Made in Northern Ireland

There is nothing quite so inspiring as someone who leaves the rat race in pursuit of their dream. Dee Graham is such a man. Here, he shares his story and highlights the role scent plays in his show...

Sustainability in the Luxury Beauty World

How can we navigate the beauty industry in a way that honours the environment without compromising on quality?

First Class Luxury in Ireland's Fairest City

Welcome winter with a visit to one of Dublin’s unique Christmas markets.

Is Perfume Art?

There is a lot of debate around whether perfume can be considered an art form. As a luxury fragrance brand, we look at the facts and tell you what we think.  The Tim Walker exhibition at the V&...

A Capsule Wardrobe of Scent

How can you curate your fragrance collection to reflect the changing season? At this time of the year, we’re folding away our frocks and bringing out the woollen wear. We’re thinking about herring...

Scent, Sex Scenes and Success by Melanie Cantor

'It’s a book about hope, friendship and finding your voice'

Stories of Scent

This week we share some of your stories of the ways in which scent has informed your journey.  What does happiness smell like? Is there an aroma associated with joy, well being or inner peace? Wh...

Mind Your Nose

With Mental Health Awareness Week around the corner, we are looking at the connection between scent and emotion. Once upon a time I owned a dressing gown. Then my five-year-old daughter decided she...

The Smell of Hope

In aid of World Alzheimer’s Month, we look at research into scent and memory and some aromas that might bring comfort. I found the bunch of my birthday roses picked clean of petals this week. There...

Don't Grow Up, Only Down

In honour of Roald Dahl Day, we pay homage to the scents that linger long after the book is closed. There is a small polystyrene-clad replica of Roald Dahl’s writing room in a museum in Great Miss...

Writing That Stinks

Pick up a smelly paperback for National Read a Book Day. My mother read me The Hobbit when I was 11 years old. She did all the voices and when I watched the Lord of the Rings as a teenager, I told ...

Is Natural Always Best?

A conversation on the value of synthetics in perfumery. I am not sure who first came up with the idea of harvesting the secretions of a civet cat’s glands for use in perfumery. We can, however, ...

Let's Talk About Scent, Baby

What scents make you emotional? My eldest son has been in a hurry since birth. He arrived two days early, mid nail-varnish removal and my husband barely had time to scent my facecloth with lavender...

STORIES From Belfast: Finding Forever at The Merchant Hotel

Belfast’s Five Star hotel is the last word in opulence. I knew he was going to propose the moment he lifted his coffee cup to meet mine and toasted our future. We were seated in the Great Room of T...

What Shape Is A Smell? written by Award Winning Beauty Editor, Caroline Brien.

Scent and Synaesthesia by Award Winning Beauty Editor, Caroline Brien. When someone describes a fragrance as sparkling, you will, most likely, be able to understand – and envision –what that means....