So, if you’re a little late to the party you may not know that we recently celebrated a birthday. Yes, Perfume Anorak has reached the grand old age of two! We’ve had some serious fun along the way; we’ve interviewed some of the biggest movers and shakers in the industry, visited some amazing places and more importantly tried some incredible fragrances. We’ve loved every second of it so a huge thank you to all of you who have joined us for the ride…

We thought we’d take a bit of a trip down memory lane and have pulled together our top 10 most read articles, just in case you missed any of them. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

1. Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue

Versace is back with another outstanding fragrance for men!!!

The latest fragrance to join the Versace family is Versace, Pour Homme Dylan Blue. We had heard that it was ‘a fragrance full of character and individuality… totally fresh and utterly modern. So, we were really excited at the prospect of trying it! …Read on

2. Uomo Salvatore Ferragamo

The new fragrance for men by Salvatore Ferragamo isn’t what you would expect from a brand that usually plays it so safe in the world of scent. UOMO Salvatore Ferragamo needed to be bigger and better than anything the Italian fashion house had done before and they’ve done it… really well. …Read on

3. London Perfumery Guide

We know that the world is full of fragrance fanatics like ourselves, always on the hunt for that elusive fragrance ‘find’, but unless you know a city well, it can be difficult to know where to go to track down those must have scents. Fortunately we have done the research for you so before your next visit to the ‘big smoke’ take a little look at our guide to the top London Perfumery destination. …Read on

4. In conversation with E Coudray’s Chloe Benichou

It was our great pleasure to have afternoon tea with E Coudray’s Chloe Benichou to talk fragrance, family and what it’s like to be part of such an historic brand. Born in France, Chloe currently resides in London, her adoptive home. Read on…

5. Perfume Anorak meets Kendra Leaver, Retail Editor and Events Director Brides Magazine

We recently managed to grab some time with Kendra Leaver, Retail Editor and Events Director of Brides Magazine, to talk all things fragrance (and weddings – obviously!) ahead of her big day later this year. Read on…

6. Discovering la dolce vita with Acqua di Parma Peonia Nobile

For me, the Acqua di Parma brand has always been synonymous with elegance, style and the kind of Italian ‘chic’ that I know I will never possess! I have long been familiar with the male scents, especially the Colonia Intensa with its notes of Calabrian bergamot and Sicilian lemon, a gift to my husband which he saves for ‘special occasions’ (I, on the other hand, liberally douse myself in my current fragrance crush on a daily basis – a kind of profligacy that the man in my life just can’t seem to get on board with!). Read on…

7. Twilly d’Hermès – fragrance review

When we heard that Hermès were launching a new fragrance, we couldn’t wait to find out more! In the first in a series of guest reviews we asked Jasmine Award winning writer Laurin Taylor to investigate for us…

Sometime in 2015, I had a moment of madness. It may not have been the only one, but it was by far the most damaging to my bank balance. For reasons I cannot explain, I suddenly became gripped with the notion that the thing I needed most in the world, the very thing, was an Hermès silk scarf. Ebay, that great enabler, was happy to oblige my whim. With just a few clicks, I found The One – a vintage beauty with jewel-coloured perfume bottles splashed across a finely woven fabric. Fate had spoken, and it was a resounding, YES! One week and a last-minute bidding war later, a small parcel arrived on my desk. My hands trembled as I lifted the lid of the instantly-recognisable orange box, and when I think back to that moment, I can’t be sure I didn’t hear the world’s tiniest choir of angels singing a song of praise. Read on…

8. Uomo Salvatore Ferragamo Casual Life

Uomo Salvatore Ferragamo Casual Life is the new fragrance from iconic Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo. This highly contemporary scent is very similar in concept to the original Uomo and, like the original, marks a real departure for the brand with a bold bottle design and innovative juice. Both fragrances use ‘edible’ notes – the original features Tiramisu, the first fragrance in the world to so, while Casual Life has coffee as its stand out note. Read on…

9. An introduction to Amouroud, the new range from Perfumer’s Workshop

As a perfume lover I am always excited to discover a new brand so you can imagine how thrilled I was to be invited to meet the team from Perfumer’s Workshop, creators of Amouroud.

Amouroud fragrances are born out of a very special legacy. They are the evolution of the custom-blending concept that has earned Perfumer’s Workshop recognition for its revolutionary ideas since its inception 45 years ago. Starting at Bloomingdales, Perfumer’s Workshop essential oils quickly became the ‘must have’ fragrance innovation offering customers the chance to essentially create their own individual scent. The concept soon spread as people embraced this new way of buying and wearing fragrance. Read on..

10. Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal fragrance review

Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal has just landed on my desk and I’m excited! My thoughts are racing……. don’t judge a book by its cover. It’s what’s inside that counts. Beauty is only skin deep. Great advice for choosing carrots at Sainsburys, but absolute rubbish when choosing a perfume. Technically speaking of course, I’m wrong. After all, Chanel No5 smells exactly the same when sprayed from a sample vial as it does from its iconic flacon. But it just doesn’t feel the same. My own grandmother wore Guerlain’s L’Heure Bleu every day for sixty years. The memory of her perfume is not only the scent itself, but entwined with my memory of the black capped eau de toilette bottle that sat on her dressing table, in front of the jar of cotton balls and just to the left of her signature Revlon nail varnish. A beautifully designed object, however frivolous, brings moments of joy and pure pleasure into the most mundane of daily routines. And a bottle of perfume is just that – pure pleasure, completely non-essential to the survival of the human race. It’s only job is to make us happy. It is therefore absolutely correct that we should allow ourselves to be seduced by the bottle on the shelf. Read on…