A trio of "Liberty Print" soaps: "Be spoilt for choice with our Trio Set of premium Soaps, in the beautiful scents of Bergamot, Lemon and Fig. Designed to tingle the senses, the individually wrapped soaps come packaged in our iconic art deco style Liberty Print wrap, making them the perfect gift or bathroom shelf accessory." £20 at Liberty London.
More scent-related advent calendars — see part 1 if you missed it. And don’t forget, most advent calendars sell out early. (Please note that some of these calendars are not available in the US. Advent calendars are more popular in the UK than in the US).
From Le Couvents des Minimes, a variety of scented bath & body products plus tea and relaxing pillow spray. €40 at Le Couvents des Minimes in France…
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian will be making an appearance at Liberty of London this Thursday, October 22nd to introduce the new Maison Francis Kurkdjian line. The general appearance is from 4:30 to 8:30 in the Perfume Hall.
Basenotes is also holding a competition: the first 15 people to email info@basenotes.net with a name and contact number can join Mr. Kurkdjian for afternoon tea before the 4:30 appearance.
Eddie Roschi of Le Labo will be at Liberty of London on Tuesday, June 10th:
Come and visit Liberty's exclusive cult New York fragrance brand, Le Labo and meet its founder Eddie Roschi, one of the greatest olfactory experts of our time.
Eddie Roschi is conducting one to one olfactory sessions, and will hand-blend a scent suited to you…
The new Le Labo area at Liberty opened on October 11th, just outside the main perfume room. As yet, they are not offering Discovery sets or travel sizes, just the base collection of ten scents and the room fragrances and candles. They also stock the Olfactionary (a “dictionary” with 40 natural perfume essences “to refine and develop your sense of smell”), for £295.
The arrangement, just as in their New York boutique, is that the scents are made up for you while you wait. And, just as in New York, there are white tiles and lab coats, and a generally scientific feel about the whole enterprise. There was clearly a lot of interest and excitement from customers when I visited — both from men and women…