scented

Marvellous mandles (and more)
Nota Bene Wares is the ‘baby’ of scent-lover (and Perfume Society VIP
Subscriber) Matthew Brooks, born of his passion for hand-produced
objects that are ‘simple, hardwearing and beautiful’. Think: brilliantly
blended, hand-poured candles on an aromatic/woody theme plus allnatural
scented soaps, all of them Letterpress-labelled with love.
notabenewares.com
Perfumed petals
And get in a lather with Shakespeare…
Fans marking the year-long #Shakespeare400
anniversary of the Bard’s death may wish to make like
Coriolanus and ‘Bid them wash their faces’ by
presenting a loved one with Heyland
& Whittle’s ‘To Beard or not
to Beard’ commemorative
Shakespeare Soap. Housed
in realistically book-like
packaging, the soap’s vibrantly
scented with citrus, herbs and
spices – and even comes
with a humorous
mini ‘playlet’
printed inside
the cover.
The Commemorative
Shakespeare Soap
Book/£12
heylandandwhittle.co.uk
When we
interviewed
James Wong
for Memories,
Dreams &
Reflections
on p.34, we
discovered that the Liz Earle
Beauty Co.’s ethnobotanist
and garden expert is as crazy
about fragrance and aroma
as we are. So for June – the
month when we’ve so often
been disappointed burying our
nose in an entirely scentless (if
beautiful) blossom – we share
his favourite fragrant roses:
l Lady Emma Hamilton – ‘it
mixes muscat grapes with ripe
mangoes to create my all-time
favourite “non-rose” rose
fragrance’, one of several fruityscented
roses available’.
l Felicia – in the musk family
of rose fragrances, Felicia
is ‘a shrub rose with headyscented
clusters of powder-pink
blossoms’, observes James.
l Absolutely Fabulous – ‘has
a spicy anise scent and won
Rose of the Year in 2010’; it’s
categorised in the ‘myrrh’ rose
fragrance family.
l Gloire de Dijon – teascented,
‘a rambling climber
with intensely fragrant,
primrose-yellow flowers’.
l Munstead Wood – ‘along
with Harlow Carr, these are
must-haves for lovers of a
classic old rose scent’.
The scented Letter 7