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Sniffapalooza Travels: London

Post author By Karen Adams
Post date August 9, 2011

With thoughts of peace for our friends in London, and beautiful memories of our 2009 journey.

Sniffapalooza London Itinerary

Sunday, July 5
Arrive in London
Relax and Refresh
Informal neighborhood touring, museums
Assemble for group dinner in hotel lobby

Monday, July 6
9:30 am – 11:00 am – Les Senteurs with Basenotes
11:00 am– 12:30pm – Double Decker Bus Tour with Basenotes Community
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Selfridges – Seminar with Michael Boadi – Boadicea the Victorious
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Content/Wellbeing – Scent Systems
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Cath Collins @ OKA Showroom

Tuesday, July 7
10:00 am – 12 noon – Liberty of London -Historical Tour & Reception
1:00pm – 4:30 pm – Miller Harris – Meet Lyn Harris at her lab
4:30pm – 5:30 pm – Ormonde Jayne – Meet Linda Pilkington

Wednesday, July 8
9:00 am – 10:00am – Jo Malone – Fragrance Workshop & Hand Massages
11:00am – 1:00pm – Meet Roja Dove @ Harrods – History of Fragrance Seminar
3:00pm – 5:00 pm – Al Qurashi – Discover the Oudhs

Thursday, July 9
10:00 am – 12 noon – Harvey Nichols – Fragrance Marketing Session
12:30 pm – 1:30pm – Amanda Lacey – Spa Fragrances
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Clive Christian – Tea @ Fortnum & Mason with Victoria Christian
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Penhaligon’s – Meet Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm – B Never Too Busy to Be Beautiful – Meet Pia Long

Friday, July 10
8:30am departure – Norfolk Lavender Farm – FULL DAY TRIP – Private Motorcoach

Saturday, July 11
Visit local museums, shop, pack.
Depart for Heathrow Airport. Cheerio!

Michael Boadi @ Selfridges

Liberty of London

Miller Harris

Linda Pilkington @ Ormonde Jayne

Jo Malone

Roja Dove @ Harrods

Al Qurashi

Victoria Christian @ Fortnum & Mason

Bertrand Duchaufour @ Penhaligons

Pia Long @ B Never Too Busy…

Norfolk Lavender Farm

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Sniffapalooza Reads: The Lantern

Post author By Karen Adams
Post date August 8, 2011

One of my favorite summer pleasures is to lose myself in a good book. There’s nothing like being totally immersed in a story that, like scent, transports you to another place and time. The Lantern, author Deborah Lawrenson’s first novel, does just that. An Advance Reader’s Edition of The Lantern arrived in my mailbox a few weeks ago and it has been my constant companion ever since. Whenever I’ve got a spare moment, I steal away and read a chapter or two. Set to release on August 9, this modern Gothic novel interweaves past and present through the voices of 21st century Eve and 20th century Benedicte. They alternate to tell the story of Les Genevriers, a hamlet nestled in the lavender fields of Provence.

As the characters develop and their tales progress, so does the fragrant back-story which provides insight into the 20th century French perfume industry. The violet waves of the lavender fields come so alive on the pages, you can almost smell the aromatic plants. OK, I confess, I actually did smell lavender. While reading, I felt compelled to find my Norfolk Lavender and spritz both myself and the book’s pages for some true scent immersion.

What are you reading this summer? Do you seek out and savor scent descriptions in the books you read? Leave a comment and enter to win a copy of The Lantern.