Any excuse to gorge on gourmand goodies and since it is renowned as ‘the food of the gods’ one would not want to risk heavenly retribution by denial or refusal – would one?!
Pre-Raphaelites - Astarte Syriaca
I have been enamoured of the Pre-Raphaelite movement since I was 10 years old, when I received a birthday card of a Pre-Raphaelite print (I think it was ‘The Bower’), and many more were to follow!
Divine GINspirations
I am a glutton for food and drink inspirations and their crossover with perfume + smell, so ever since my ‘7 Noses of Soho‘ walk, I have been itching to try out one of the bars recommended by our...
National Poetry Day
Scent & Architecture: Evocative structures
An extract from Daniel Defoe‘s Journal of the Plague Year, 1722, is quoted in the book and he wrote: “If we came to go into a church when it was anything full of people, there would be...
The smell of liquid gold for an Olympian
Stench and the City
I spotted this hilarious photo in The Metro, the nose sculpture was picked to promote the The London Dungeons' 'Stinky Summer' exhibition.