Now this could be one of the great experiences of your life. So keep in mind that is often better to travel than to arrive. Never rush: that ends in disaster. This is not an hour's quest, nor even a day's. It can take weeks, months, years. Enjoy your odyssey and what you learn en route.

With all the demands on your time and energy during the winter social season - not to mention Christmas - you need an essential capsule collection of colognes to see you right for any eventuality.

As the weather has become increasingly wintery, you may have found that the best way of preparing for the day is by layering your clothing. Layering is also a technique which can be applied to perfume, allowing you to express yourself which various different combinations. But how do you layer perfume?

 

I am always fascinated by the way writers and other creative artists approach perfume, odours and the sense of smell. I'm intrigued by how they celebrate the olfactory mystery, weaving it into various aspects of their creations.

On 10th October 2018 we held a wonderful Press Event which gave a rare insight into the stories behind three of our exclusive brands.

Here we suggest several autumnal fragrances which can be found at Les Senteurs, which might provide some pleasant comforting aromas for the longer nights...

"Sillage" in French, the word means the cleft water and foaming ripples that mark the wake of a ship. There's a clue in that, for by the English it is used almost exclusively to mean the waft of perfume left by the presence or passage of a wearer.

Here is our riposte to all those endless 'must do's' - 100 things to see/read/eat before you die - always so popular in the Bank Holiday Newspapers.

There can be no doubt of it: green scents are back – and leading the pack. Indeed, contrary to rumour, they never went away but merely sank back like fainting dryads into the groves and thickets, while more ostentatious fragrances filled the air.