In the name of the rose... tea and talk at Miller Harris

Don't have any dates lined up next week? Get the girls together and go to tea at Miller Harris, where they'll teach you all about the fragrant flower of love.

A Miller Harris scent expert will give a talk about the flower (complete with the scent in several of its raw forms). Sip on Miller Harris rose tea and nibble rose petal cupcakes all the while. Plus you get a 20 per cent discount on all Miller Harris fragrances (lovely. Happy Valentine's Day to me!), body products, candles and tea. Plus... you get a goody bag with a 50g packet of Thé Pétales and a 30g Geranium Bourbon candle. Man, date or no date, it's going to be a good week.

DETAILS
BOOKING FREE
£20 (limited places so book early to avoid disappointment)

RSVP
info@millerharris.com or call the store you wish to attend.

DATES
Thurs 12 Feb from 2pm to 3pm
Fri 13 Feb from 2pm to 3pm
Sat 14 Feb from 10am to 11am

VENUES (All Miller Harris shops)
21 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London W1J 6QD (020 7629 7750)
14 Needham Road, Notting Hill, London W11 2RP (020 7221 1545)
14 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HB (020 7836 9378)
15 Low Pavement, Nottingham NG1 7DN (01159 506110)

Lisa Hoffman's new perfume

Now, we didn't get the chance to try Lisa's skincare yet but the concept seems good enough (if, maybe, a bit wasteful). Mixed reviews have come back after the first handful of months but we're sure she'll keep on just fine. In the meantime her perfume has been rolled out for the holidays. Again, like her skincare, and portable and 'pre-edited' so you don't have to carry around a 12oz. pump bottle or spritzer bottle, so, naturally, her 24-hour skincare seems to be the star of the show. We admit, that we do think it's a leeeetle bit gimmicky but if it works, it works. Gimmicks or not.

The new perfume is split into 4 -- morning, day time, evening and bed time. We're interested to see how each vials' notes (French Clary Sage, Tuscan Fig and Tunisian Neroliand) overlap. Do they blend seamlessly into one long scent that's meant to have optimal aromatherapeutic effects all day?

It all seems a bit labour-intensive but might be worth a try if it keeps you smelling nice (and possibly aroma-therapised) all day instead of scent-less and gobsmacked that not a trace of your beloved perfume is ever left on your inner wrist after the end of a long day.

It's available at Harvey Nichols this November.

Aedes de Venustas

There are many many scent blogs out there that do their perfume paces better than I ever could because, well, I'm not a scent expert, clearly. It's very specialised and my olfactory senses have been so dulled after years of living in polluted areas (not that it was ever the highly trained tool that scent masters and sommeliers possess). But we like reporting on little nuggest of scentful information that we think you'll appreciate.

So next time you're in Manhattan check out Aedes de Venustas. They do endless cult fragrances (although they don't do Le Labo, for which you need to go to Elizabeth Street) and even carry our favourite Annick Goutal and have a magazine.