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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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Fortnum & Mason ~ shopping for perfume in London

Posted by Guest Shopper on 30 November 2007 — 0 Comments — Comments are closed

Fortnum & Mason, London, exteriorSay the words ‘Fortnum & Mason’, and I defy you not to get a mental image of food hampers packed with foie gras. Fortnums has become pretty much synonymous with the provision of superior groceries since its founding at the beginning of the 18th Century. What’s less well known is that it sells lots of other luxury goods, including high-end perfumes.

From the outside, Fortnum & Mason is so fairy-taleish, with its pale blue portico and its musical clock, it looks more like something knocked up for a film set than a real store. I’d place it just below Liberty in the spontaneous giggle league…

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Roja Dove at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Posted by Robin on 27 November 2007 2 Comments

Roja Dove will be giving a lecture at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on December 14 at 7:15 pm:

Roja Dove, Maestro of Fragrance and the world’s only Professeur des Parfums reveals the stories behind great couture perfume creations including Diorissimo for Christian Dior, L’air du Temps by Nina Ricci and Balenciaga’s Le Dix. Discover how raw materials are combined and refined into uniquely named scents, presented in carefully designed bottles and enticingly offered to the wearer. Provoking, appealing, evocative; Roja Dove explains why fragrance is our most intimate layer of dress.

Tickets (£7.50 for adults) can be purchased at the Victoria & Albert Museum website. (via vam.ac.uk, found via designtaxi)

Le Labo at Liberty ~ perfume shopping in London

Posted by Guest Shopper on 8 November 2007 — 0 Comments — Comments are closed

Le Labo store window at Liberty, London

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…

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Selfridges ~ shopping for perfume in London

Posted by Guest Shopper on 28 October 2007 — 0 Comments — Comments are closed

Selfridges in London

Selfridges is the largest department store in Oxford Street, taking up a whole block to itself. Whether it’s bigger than Harrods in terms of floor area is debatable, but it’s close. Selfridges has never been able to quite measure up to the glamour of Harrods, but it certainly tries hard.

Life is made simple for perfume lovers by the fact that the main niche perfumery area is right inside the main doors. This also makes it something of a corridor, as it’s always full of people trying to get through it to get into the main store. The area is also rather dark and cave-like, and perfumes are often shelved around pillars, where it’s easy not to notice them at all.

Despite these disadvantages, the perfume room is worth exploring; Selfridges is often the first to stock exciting lines and the sales assistants are knowledgeable. Beyond the perfume cavern is the beauty hall, where you’ll find perfume brands such as Laura Mercier on sale…

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