Roja Dove, of the Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie at Harrods, will open high end perfume boutiques in three House of Fraser stores in September. (via Women's Wear Daily)
The Oxford Street, London branch of Selfridges now carries i Profumi di Firenze. Fragrances in stock include Vaniglia del Madgascar, Zenzero, Caterina de Medici, Acqua di Firenze, Acqua Chiara, Talco Delicato, Costa Mediterranea, Fresco di Vetiver, Ambra del Nepal, Florentia 22, Tuberosa d’Autunno, Rosa di Damasco, Violetta di Bosco, Melograno Selvatico, Thé Verde and Limone di Sicilia. (via Isabella Imports)
When I was 11, I shared a bedroom with my sister in a singlewide trailer in the country. On the wall above my bed I’d tacked up a poster I thought was truly beautiful: three fluffy, gray kittens sitting in a purple basket. By the time I was in high school, the kittens seemed cheap and precious. I was ready to move on to beauty that was a little less predictable, even if just to a Renoir poster of a girl with a kitten. Perfume is like that, too.