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Les Senteurs ~ shopping for perfume in London

Posted by Guest Shopper on 21 December 2007 — 0 Comments — Comments are closed

Les Senteurs perfumeryLes Senteurs is a tiny piece of big excitement on the edge of Belgravia — a specialist scent boutique run by an expert with a passion for perfume.

The thing that strikes you most as you come into Les Senteurs is how small a space it is. However, they’ve countered that by running the shelves up to the ceiling — this is a place where you need the services of an assistant with a stepladder!

Luckily, the assistants are invariably fantastic. This is a perfume shop where the staff don’t have to be sweet-talked into giving you samples…

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Les Senteurs

Posted by Robin on 16 March 2005 8 Comments

There is a nice article in last Sunday’s Independent (link to article no longer active, sorry!) about the London boutique Les Senteurs, which celebrates its 25th anniversary of business this year. The author interviewed James Craven, the store’s assistant manager:

Craven cuts a swathe through Les Senteurs’ redolent array, from the oldest (the House of Creed, established in 1760, whose citruses and vetivers were supplied to Queen Victoria and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, among others) to the newest arrivals…

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