Jean-Paul Guerlain & Thierry Wasser at The Perfume Diaries, Harrods

Posted by Guest Author on 19 September 2010 43 Comments — Comments are closed

Thierry Wasser & Jean Paul Guerlain

About the author: Nina is our guest shopper for London. If you missed her review of the Perfume Diaries exhibit, you can find it here. She took all of the images for this article.

The Perfume Diaries season at Harrods is not just about the exhibition. Throughout September, there are a number of evening events featuring some of the people and processes involved in the production of perfume.

For me, the most exciting of these was ‘The House of Guerlain’ on 9 September, with Jean-Paul Guerlain himself, and current in-house parfumeur, Thierry Wasser. I went along with my friend and neighbour Stephanie, fizzing with excitement.

All of the events are first-come-first-seated, apart from this one, which was a very hard gig to get into. On the night, the exhibition area was packed, with guests being checked off carefully on a list and absolutely no interlopers allowed to gatecrash…

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Dior Illustrated ~ new exhibit in London

Posted by Robin on 13 September 2010 13 Comments

René Gruau for Miss Dior

Dior Illustrated: René Gruau and the Line of Beauty is a new exhibit scheduled to open at London’s Somerset House on 10 November…

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The Perfume Diaries at Harrods, part 3

Posted by Guest Author on 7 September 2010 47 Comments — Comments are closed

Harrods Perfume Diaries exhibit

About the author: Nina is our guest shopper for London, and she not only kindly wrote up the Perfume Diaries exhibit for those of us who can’t make it to London, she also took all of the images with the exception of the one just above, which is courtesy of Harrods.

Throughout September, Harrods is hosting a presentation of perfume through the ages. The Perfume Diaries is ‘an exhibition celebrating the past, present and future of the perfume industry.’

It’s on the fourth floor, in a long white space which has been put together with care and considerable style by Emma Jane Hockley (Harrods’ buyer for perfume and cosmetics — what a job!), and Harrods’ own Professeur de Parfums, Roja Dove. With this kind of clout, they’ve been able to pull in an amazing range of objects from all over the world.

Harrods generously invited perfume and beauty bloggers to a private viewing, and Robin equally generously allowed me to go instead of her. (And if you saw the quality of the patisserie offerings, you’d know how big a sacrifice this was.)

Racing in from a magazine interview, Roja Dove guided us round the exhibits…

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Perfume meet & greet: Francis Kurkdjian in London

Posted by Robin on 5 September 2010 4 Comments

Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian will introduce his perfume line, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, at the Space NK store at 8 Broadwick Street in Soho on Wednesday, 8 September from 4 to 6 pm. The event is free, but you must book a space by calling 020 7734 3734.