Let us talk about life, death, rebirth and perfume. Anubis, a mysterious and powerful Egyptian God from the cradles of civilisation was watcher of the transition, between the earthly plane and the dark ethers above. He would guide human souls from the red African earth to the infinite, inky, blue black punctured velvet skies with… Read more »

There are rose perfumes and then there are rose perfumes. In the former category comes the goodYardleys and the not bad at all Marks and Spencer EDT. In the latter category comes the Andy Tauer roses and the Serge Lutens/Miller Harris roses.  And now to that category you can add Papillon Tobacco Rose. Tobacco Rose, by Nose Liz… Read more »

  I deteste traffic. Stationary, I scan about my car to observe a pile of envelopes, some old receipts and a sample pack from Papillon Perfumery received early that day; what a pleasant distraction. In true lucky dip style, I reach into the packet and pull out an elegant sample bottle – “Tobacco Rose”, intriguing…. Read more »

Every now and again there is a stirring in the world of perfumery, little sparks of interest smoldering away on social media sites and eventually enflaming your curiosity. Such was my introduction to a new artisan perfumery collection called Papillon launching later this year and which a number of my contemporaries were already excitedly discussing.    … Read more »

Liz Moores, perfumer and founder of Papillon Perfumery, is probably one of the most approachable and engaging new artisans that I have had the pleasure of conversing with so far on my perfumed journey. Her three debut fragrances; Anubis, Tobacco Rose and Angelique, are due to be launched in the summer of this year and… Read more »