The Perfume Mistress

Hello loyal followers and readers of my blog, I have now moved my blog to the my new website at the following address: http://www.theperfumemistress.com For some reason, my followers list has not...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/we-have-moved/

Its a packed olfactory and gustatory schedule in the coming week, I am gleefully excited at having tickets for the following: Sat 17th: TODAY I am at the Vintage Sessions at Les Senteurs, with pu...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/a-week-of-scented-hedonism/

It has been such a hectic month so far and does anyone need reminding that it’s 5 weeks to Gift and Turkey frenzy (shriek + faint).  I feel like Alice in Wonderland‘s proverbial White Rabbit...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/books-galore/

I hope everyone enjoyed their Hallowe’en; I was at the Barbican to see a play version of Nosferatu; slightly bizarre as it was subtitled and sometimes the subtitles lagged behind,  giving that...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/all-hallows-day/

Smell – can it possess  supernatural powers?  A bit of Halloween fun! The witching hour is nigh, All Hallows’ Eve is almost upon us and I’m in a ruminative mood.  We are all aware of the...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/superscent-me/

A fun-filled evening at Brunel Museum on Saturday 27th October, the rain, wind and cold did not deter us! Lottie Muir, master gardener and drinks purveyor behind Midnight Apothecary, plied the co...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/halloween-fun-at-midnight-apothecary/

Ok, am all packed for a spooktacular evening at the Brunel Museum, including a tub of dry ice!  Pumpkin kick off is 5pm, with supernatural cocktails by Lottie Muir from Midnight Apothecary, Mast...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/spooky-saturdays-midnight-apothecary/

Hi there, I am running a morning workshop with Fulham Palace in November, its a beautiful place with a fascinating history and a secret oasis in the metropolis.  Join me for some ‘kitchen alch...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/secrets-from-the-walled-garden-beauty-workshop-bookings-open/

“Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power. It is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.”  Baron Justus von Liebi...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/shop-read-eat-chocolate/

“Cacao flowers were ingredients in perfumed baths, and thought to cure fatigue in government officials and others who held public office,” says the Badianus Codex, published in 1552 The Cacao...

https://theperfumemistress.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/her-dark-material-cacao-absolute/