Yes, that’s a word. ‘Scentscaping’ is the art of selecting and/or designing scents specifically for certain spaces and or events. Only a few years back this tended to be something kept for high-end and big budget weddings or events, but these days that is not the case and scent is something very accessible and is a lovely addition to a wedding day or any event. Previously it would have just been about wearing a particular perfume or cologne but these day's it's bigger than that and it's about incorporating a scent to fill a room through the use of scented candles, and has the ability to encap ..read more

It's warming up and flowers are starting to bloom so it's starting to feel like Spring to me, and that got me thinking about what scents remind me of this lovely time of year. Smell is different from our other senses in that it is connected to the olfactory cortex. This is the brain function which is responsible for evoking memories & emotions, hence if you smell something it can take you right back to a particular time & place. Naturally, light and fresh florals are my first go-to when thinking of this time of year. They're clean, quite subtle scents but add that lovely fresh and swee ..read more

In late 2016, Emma approached me about making some candles for her wedding day and I was thrilled o hear about her plans and vision for their wedding day. Emma and her fiancé Coomy had got engaged in Miami and after loving the place they decided to use the styles and influences of Miami for their day including everything from the colours they used to their stationery and their gorgeous cake. And when Emma mentioned how she felt about scent and giving candles as her wedding favours it all seemed to make sense and was a really interesting brief for me. Now, by absolute coincidence I was actually ..read more

A few months before their wedding Katie asked me to make some scented candles for their day. They weren’t set on a particular scent but told me their plans for the day & the decoration & colours on the day, and I went away and made her some samples to try out. I also checked if there were any particular scents that she or Alex liked or particularly didn’t like! After testing out the three samples they told me that the Pine & Lavender was their favourite. I was glad as I felt that it fitted in perfectly with their woodland style theme for the marquee and was a really nice fresh scen ..read more

This week I’m lucky enough to be spending a week (actually 8 days!) away on holiday with my husband in the south of France. We started with a couple of days in Monte Carlo, then onto a blissful hilltop hotel near Salon de Provence, and finishing our trip in Cagnes Sur Mer, just south of Nice. And while we’ve had a lot of time to relax I’ve been distracted by all the beautiful scents in this region & thought I'd write a little something about it. To start at the beginning of our trip I was thinking about Monte Carlo and aside from the smell of money(!), another yet somewhat unusual scent i ..read more

Do you recognise this? Have you ever had a bit of a nightmare trying to salvage the ends of a candle? Had to sacrifice matches in the battle? I came across this poor candle when I rented a house with friends recently and the sight of this made me sad. It smelt beautiful but had hit a very sad end to it's life after a bit of mistreatment. Ok, sorry I'm talking as if this candle is a person so I'll calm down a bit now. Basically it's easy to avoid this sad end if do a few little things outlined below... Buy some long matches or a nice cook's lighter like this one from wayfair. They mean you avo ..read more

A couple of months back I met Cherelle from Perfectly Planned 4 you at the London Wedding Breakfast Club. We got talking and Cherelle said she was looking for a new and unique idea of something to gift her clients with, and thought candles would be a great idea. So that's what we did... Now to give you a little more information about the fabulous Perfectly Planned 4 you, and tell you more about how we created her candles, I asked Cherelle to answer some questions... Tell us all about your company... At Perfectly Planned 4 you, we create exceptional events for the style-conscious person who wa ..read more

Scent is a very powerful thing and in my opinion really does have the ability to evoke memories and place you back into a memory or a specific time. One of the strongest one of these which people quite often recall is the scent of jasmine, reminding people of holidays and specifically times of relaxation. Holidays can be a perfect time to subconsciously take in scents as this is the time in which you can be really relaxed and therefore taking in your surroundings more than if you were busy and running around. And who doesn't want to recall great times on holidays over and over! As well as rec ..read more

Don't be afraid of candles. I don't hear it often but occasionally I'm told by people that they don't light candles in their home because of the safety issues. Now...I'm not going to pretend that a candle isn't a teeny tiny fire but I will say that unless you're wildly accident prone or are lacking furniture of a particular height then you shouldn't be afraid of lighting a candle every now and again. There are a few key tips about how to look after them and where to put them and where NOT to put them, so I thought I'd write a little list to that effect to help fend off those rumours and encour ..read more

If you follow me on social you’ll have seen me mention this hashtag once or twice in the last month or so! So, I felt it appropriate to explain a little more about this collaboration and how it came about. Phoebe from So You’re Getting Married and I got chatting a few months back following a mutual appreciation of the new SYGM branding created by Gemma Milly (have a peak at her work, it’s great!) Conversations then moved towards scented candles and I knew straight away that I was chatting to a fellow candlelover! Phoebe knew what scents she liked, how to look after a candle and she was talking ..read more