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Come join my new bookclub - ScentSational Books

Come join my new bookclub - ScentSational Books

Friends and colleagues will testify to my love of books and my extensive collection (no, it is not called hoarding, tsk!). Although a professional hazard (or benefit!) I have a vast perfume sample and essential oil collection together with a generous range of smell-related books. In addition to non-fiction titles, I have always loved reading fiction that weaves rich olfactory language through the story or uses scent and our sense of smell as a hook.

I have long wanted to combine these two passions and offer a bookclub, Covid kind of threw me a curveball and my plans were derailed, but no longer, nooooooo.

So, without further ado, please welcome an immersive, sensory inspired reading experience, my book club is here - trumpets please :

ScentSational Books

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Where scent meets story! More than a bookclub,

Summer Scentsations - Natural Perfumery workshops

Summer Scentsations - Natural Perfumery workshops

After my sojourn in Northumberland at Dilston Physic Garden, I have two Natural Perfumery classes in London this Summer.  Come and join me!

Perfumery at Dilston Physic Gardens

Perfumery at Dilston Physic Gardens

This time next week I shall be ensconced in the enervating environs of Northumberland, teaching a Natural Perfumery workshop at...

The sweet smell of Obfleshion

The sweet smell of Obfleshion

We now have a deterrent (or should that be repellent) in case of a zombie apocalypse!  Welcome to a new unisex fragrance mimicking the stench of decaying flesh,  "Obfleshion - Eau de Walker".

A Spice Odyssey at Kew Gardens

A Spice Odyssey at Kew Gardens

This year the Kew Summer Festival is celebrating the mysterious, exotic and fragrant world of SPICES.

Rites of Spring

Rites of Spring

The Spring Equinox was heralded on 20th March with the amazing Lunar eclipse, sadly not visible in the South East due to cloudy skies. 

Autumn skincare workshops

Autumn skincare workshops

Doesn't this picture just make you want to pull on your boots and KICK up those leaves with unabashed glee!!