Scenting Kimye
Scenting Kimye

As you may or may not know, I have a penchant for picking perfumes for hapless celebrities. There’s just something so satisfying about getting down to the nitty gritty of a celeb’s character and seeking out a fragrance that matches or compliments them. In my Scent a Celebrity Series I have perfumed; The Muppets, The Royals, The Disney Villains, Björk, Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga, just to name a few. I simply love a good celebrity perfume match, it’s true.

For my Escentual column this week and in honour of their recent wedding, I have scented Kimye. That’s right, my scented picks have been plucked for the one and only Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Think what you want about these two, but you cannot deny the power these two celebrities hold over the media and legions of gossip-lovers. So click here to read my wedding perfume picks for two of the most iconic (and not necessarily most important (although I do think Mr. West is very talented)) celebrities of our age.

Christmas Smells
Christmas Smells (Really Good)

Christmas is just round the corner. I mean it people, the 25th of December is just up the street, lurking down a dark alley with criminal intent and an evil glint in its eye. By now one should have completed the super-fun/awful task of Christmas shopping (I have and yes I’m smug about it) and will now be putting the final touches to the Christmas plans that one is so looking forward to.

With all of the traditions and festivities it is unsurprising that Christmas is an incredibly fragrant time of year. The abundance of yuletide food, church masses and changes in the season make for an incredible wealth of smells associated solely with the one celebration, and each year one looks forward to reliving those odours that make the season so darn ‘Christmassy’.

As I’m a lover of both scent and Christmas I thought it would be fun to put together some of my favourite yuletide smells alongside perfumes that manage to capture the essence of these odours. Here you’ll find smells of the season and fragrances that are evocative of such wonderful treats as gingerbread and mulled wine. Christmas smells (really good in fact) and on The Candy Perfume Boy this winter, it has never smelled better!