It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Austen character deserves a signature scent.

Join us at the Jane Austen Festival, Bath for a delightful perfume challenge inspired by the beloved world of Jane Austen, where wit, romance and imagination are blended into fragrance.

Gather your allies, trust your nose, and discover whether you can capture the essence of an Austen character in a bottle.

No fortune, connections, or previous perfume-making experience are required.

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“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,

Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows ..”

Join me for some Midsummer fragrance mischief at RHS Lindley Library, for I shall be delivering a perfume workshop inspired by the Bard and the plants woven throughout his plays and the gardens of the Elizabethan era.

Come one and all for an enchanted evening of literature, sweet aromatics and botanical history

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Have you ever wanted to create a high-performing, effective body oil; cleansing oil; a nourishing face serum or a bespoke beard /scalp oil?

Enter the world of liquid gold and learn more about the beauty and diversity of plant oils, silky, rich in essential fats and offering a myriad of textures and applications; making skincare formulas bespoke and effective!

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A very special author event and book launch requires your presence. I shall be collaborating with  Of Books and Love to celebrate the release of Freya Sampson’s new book ‘Most Ardently Yours’.  

Mr Darcy has been transported to …the modern world. (Pause for flabbergastery).  As much as we desire to see him walk among us, his presence leaves a cataclysmic void in Pride and Prejudice.  A fragrance intervention is required.

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Join me at Chelsea Physic Garden and celebrate the height of summer bloom in this immersive two-hour workshop devoted to the timeless beauty, symbolism and scent of the rose.

'‘Of all the flowers, methinks rose is best”

William Shakespeare

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A Midsummer Night's Dreaming at Chelsea Physic Garden

Celebrate the magic of the Summer Solstice with an enchanting session inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Explore the folklore and fragrant botanicals of midsummer, discover essential oils traditionally associated with relaxation and dreaming, and create two beautiful products designed to encourage restful sleep and sweet dreams.

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It’s Summer Solstice time and I have a natural perfumery workshop set within the tranquil Garden Hall at EcoLocal—a peaceful and inspiring space. So, why not immerse yourself in a beautifully sensory day of creativity, scent and discovery.

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Celebrate the senses with an immersive perfume-making session at RHS Hyde Hall. Summer is peeking round the corner, so come and sniff, play and create your very own botanical perfume from a fragrant palette of beautiful essential oils to carry you through the season.

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Join me this Spring in the urban oasis of Walworth Garden. Come and sniff, play and create with a diverse range of beautiful essential oils in this relaxed, immersive one-day perfumery class.

Build your confidence, develop your creativity and learn how to combine a range of aromatic materials to craft your very own bespoke, natural perfume to take home.

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Join me for a fascinating, hands-on workshop exploring the world of scent. Together we’ll uncover how our sense of smell works, why it is so important, and how aromas shape memory, mood, creativity and wellbeing.

There will also be time for some aromatic potion-making!

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Our hands are not only for practical and hardworking tasks, they are an expressive extension of creativity, communication and divination (if you like to dabble in palm reading!). The elements and every day use can sadly take their toll; however we have a remedy!

After a sold-out session in February , I am pleased to return to repeat my botanical hand cream session for the Lindley Late programme. Step into the gentle arms of Spring and join me!

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Step into a world where stories grow on trees and every plant holds a secret. In this hands-on Folklore Perfume Blending workshop, you’ll explore the myths, legends and ancestral beliefs woven through the aromatic plants we still love today.

Join me once again for an entrancing alchemy session at Chelsea Physic Garden.

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Not quite Spring, but lighter days are returning! So, why not step into March with a luscious day of making cleansing and nourishing body care products; using easy to source plant extracts, botanicals and therapeutic essential oils.

Pamper your skin, soothe your soul and uplift the spirit on this fun and practical day at Walworth Garden. You will leave with a host of self care tips and recipes and three handmade products.

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Our hands not only uber practical and hardworking, but they are an expressive extension of creativity, communication and divination (if you like to dabble in palm reading!). The Winter months can sadly take their toll; however we have a remedy!

Yes, I once again I am pleased to return to deliver a botanical hand cream session for the Lindley Late programme. Step out of the winter chill and join me!

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Mother’s Ruin gets a delicious botanical upgrade in time for the festive season. Join me for a relaxed, sensory masterclass at Walworth Garden.

In homage to the ubiquitous jammy, resinous Juniper Berry-based spirit, we shall explore a wide range of aromatic ingredients to blend and infuse to create your very own bespoke Gin to take home.

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‘Par-fumen’ the term from which perfume is derived, means ‘through smoke’. The practice of burning fragrant botanicals such as resins, woods and spices has existed for millennia to cleanse spaces, act as a bridge to the divine, honour deities, transform psychological states and heighten the senses.

Join me on the threshold of Winter for this immersive and ancient aromatic art. We shall sample numerous fragrant resins, powders, flowers, leaves, essential oils and learn how to craft two different incense blends to take home and use in your chosen practice.

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Step into the scented world of Versailles for a day of luxury, creativity and sensory delight. Join me in central London, for a one-of-a-kind immersive perfume masterclass inspired by the opulent tastes and quiet rebellious charm of Marie Antoinette, the iconic Queen of France.

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Step into the shadows this Halloween with me at Chelsea Physic Garden ... where scent becomes spell, and smoke becomes story. Craft your own gothic incense and enchanting spray in a bewitching workshop of fragrance, folklore, and a touch of the arcane.

Be led astray here ….

Join me for an autumnal fragrance session at the gorgeous urban oasis that is Walworth Garden. Come along to sniff, play and create with a diverse range of beautiful essential oils in this relaxed, immersive one day natural perfumery class.

Build your confidence and creativity, learn how to combine a range of aromatic materials to craft your very own bespoke natural perfume to take home.

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Step into the scented world of Versailles for a day of luxury, creativity and sensory delight. Join me in central London, for a one-of-a-kind immersive perfume masterclass inspired by the opulent tastes and rebellious charm of Marie Antoinette, the iconic Queen of France.

*(I have two dates for this class, September and November; on Marie Antoinette’s birthday)

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It’s high summer and Mother Nature is doing her abundance ‘thang’, aside from scorched lawns there is a bounty of aromatic plants available; so let us craft some gorgeous herbal goodies and stock our home apothecary for the upcoming change in seasons.

Learn the simple and rewarding aromatic art of herbal infused oils. Understand the therapeutic properties of different plant oils; such as Sunflower, Olive and explore fragrant flowers, spices and herbs and these wondrous macerations provide a multi-purpose healthcare home remedy for cosmetic, therapeutic and culinary applications.

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‘Each hour of our life as soon as it passes, is stored away in a smell, a taste, a sensation, which if found again can trigger a memory.’ 

Marcel Proust, author ‘Remembrance of Things Past’

Calling all bibliophiles, sensoralists and olfactophiles

I have long wanted to set up an olfactory-inspired book club, Covid kind of scuppered my plans and it’s taken a while to get back on track, but hurrah, here we are: ScentSational Books - where scent meets story.

Are you enamoured of books with rich olfactive language, or a fragrant theme, do you imagine what a character would wear in your favourite book? Come along and tease your olfactive imagination, my new bookclub launches this month in central London.

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Step into a scented wonderland and discover the wildly fragrant world of scented geraniums.

Join me in Chelsea Physic Garden for a hands-on workshop celebrating the fragrant world of geraniums and pelargoniums; explore this extensive and wildly scented species with its rich history of use in herbal medicine, natural perfumery and the culinary arts

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Just a few weeks after the fabulous Barnes Fragrance Fair, I am returning to Barnes, offering an immersive mini masterclass at the Barnes Community Garden

Come and discover the origins of perfumery and the remarkable role of aromatic plants and their oils in this immersive short workshop with me.

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Join me on the threshold of Summer at the urban oasis of Walworth Gardens. Come and sniff, play and create with a diverse range of beautiful essential oils in this relaxed, immersive one-day perfumery class.

Build your confidence, develop your creativity and learn how to combine a range of aromatic materials to craft your very own bespoke, natural perfume to take home.

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This is my first session at RHS Hyde Hall this year and what a lovely way to round off May and prepare for summery times ahead: making a perfume rollerball with a gorgeous selection of fragrant materials!

Join me in making a scent memory and be inspired by the expansive, soul-stirring grounds of RHS Hyde Hall in this fun, immersive and practical workshop.

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*For clarity, please note the image is for creative illustration only and we shall not be hand-picking and immersing our petals, herbs or other materials :-)

‘Spring’ into this luscious day of making cleansing and nourishing body care products, using easy to source plant extracts, botanicals and therapeutic essential oils.

Pamper your skin, soothe your soul and uplift the spirit on this fun and practical day at Walworth Garden. You will leave with a host of self care tips and recipes and three handmade products.

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Join me this March at the idyllic Chelsea Physic Garden to celebrate International Women’s day which falls within Women’s History month.

On the threshold of Spring, let’s be inspired by our plant allies and those who have shared their knowledge and left behind rich source materials. I shall be drawing on healing and herbal practices of the past and showcasing key aromatic plants whose long history of use continues to be relevant today in modern healthcare and wellbeing practices.

Along with a pre-class tour of the gardens; sampling, smelling and crushing the ingredients is encouraged as you channel your inner herbal genie to craft two healing herbal products to take home.

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‘Par-fumen’ the term from which perfume is derived from, means ‘through smoke’. The practice of burning fragrant botanicals, such as resins, woods and leaves has existed for millennia to cleanse spaces, honour deities, transform states and heighten the senses.

Join me on the threshold of Spring for this immersive and ancient aromatic art. Sample numerous fragrant resins, powders, petals, spices and essential oils and learn how to make two different incense blends to take home and use in your chosen practice.

Find out more

Join me this wintry February within the urban oasis of Walworth Gardens. Come and sniff, play and create with a diverse range of beautiful essential oils in this relaxed, immersive one-day perfumery class.

Build your confidence, develop your creativity and learn how to combine a range of aromatic materials to craft your very own bespoke, natural perfume to take home.

To smell delicious and find out more