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5 January 2016 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Happy New Year! Episode 10 of the WondAroma podcast features the Pell Wall perfumer Chris Bartlett talking to Christine Daley of Perfumer Supply House about: how Pell Wall came about the process of composing a fragrance and a handful of interesting ingredients including Geosmin, Green Tea Givco, Skatole, Theaspirane and Zenolide. The audio quality starts […]
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10 March 2015 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
The March issue of my Ingredients List is now online and the list now features some 300 materials, both natural and synthetic, with some very exciting new additions and a spectacular price reduction on one material thanks to some help from a friend in the US. There are two versions of the list on the […]
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30 December 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Pretty in Pink by Pell Wall As 2014 races to the finish line, I’m pleased to report that Pell Wall has featured as the Best Discovery of 2014 on the much respected Perfume Shrine blog by Elena Vosnaki, who has also just published a fantastic review of Pretty in Pink on the Fragrantica website: not […]
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8 December 2014 / 27 October 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
It’s common knowledge in the industry, but not so common elsewhere, that perfumes are frequently composed by perfumers who are not associated with the company that markets them. Commonly those perfumers work for one of the big ingredients houses, perhaps under the guidance of a designer from the brand for which the perfume is being […]
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7 December 2014 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Chris Bartlett – Perfumer at Pell Wall Pell Wall’s perfumer Chris Bartlett is featured in an article in Management Today: not an organ of the press most usually associated with perfumery and all the more worth readying for that. Apparently we’re like punk rockers . . .
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10 August 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
The implications of a fascinating piece of new research could be widespread: Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany have found that not only are there olfactory receptors in the top layer of human skin, but have shown that a particular sandalwood odourant can trigger those receptors resulting in increased growth and migration in the surrounding cells. […]
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19 July 2014 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
The Perfumer’s Organ at Pell Wall The charming Clare Wood interviewed me at my London hotel a few weeks ago. We talked about aroma chemicals, natural perfumery materials, the art and science of perfumery, other perfumers I admire and what to do if you’re looking to get started in the business. You can read the […]
11 May 2014 / 27 October 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Two fragrances from Pell Wall’s 1953 range, a couple of pieces of ambergris that I keep for demonstration purposes, some synthetic ambergris and some of my ambergris tinctures are featured on this section of the ITV This Morning show from Friday 2nd May. The whole segment is a bit bonkers, featuring as it does a […]
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11 March 2014 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Perfume Making Workshop with the Pell Wall Perfumer I’m pleased to report that, by popular demand, I will be running another perfume making workshop in London on: Saturday 31st May from 11am to 5pm at The Scent Salon Les Senteurs: 2 Seymour Place, Marble Arch, London W1H 7NA (that’s the Wigmore Street end of Seymour Place) The […]
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6 February 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Just a little blog post today to say a big Thank You to The Perfumed Dandy for his charming review of Pretty in Pink, published today as the first of his Festival of Roses series of reviews. Roses are one of the most fascinating of all flowers – thought to be the oldest decorative plant […]
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18 December 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Starting today I’m sending all Internet orders over £50 by Special Delivery (next day by 1pm) to ensure they arrive on time – no extra charge. Friday 20th is the last reliable date for orders but there’s still a very good chance orders placed up to early Monday 23rd will arrive in time. 1953 EdT […]
4 November 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
The December issue of Vogue features Pell Wall’s Gin & Lime in their Vapour Trail section, which is part of the ‘All I Want For Christmas’ feature towards the end of the magazine. Vapour Trail – Vogue December 2013 Vogue Dec 2013 Gin & Lime by Pell Wall
28 August 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Stock Clearance Bottle and label changes are in progress for Pell Wall and as a result you have the opportunity to snag a bargain. Existing stock of 30ml and 100ml bottles are substantially reduced to clear so that they can be replaced with the new styles. Old style 30ml bottles are now £15, £25 or […]
23 August 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I’m pleased to report that following several requests I’m going to be running a workshop in London on A Perfume Making Evening in Shropshire 28th September from 11am. It will have a similar format to perfume making evenings that I’ve run before in that it is aimed at people who have never made a fragrance for […]
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8 July 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
For a great day out this weekend 13th – 14th July, come along to the Shropshire Lavender Farm where I’ll be giving talks at 12.30 and 14.30 on perfume, what it is, how it’s made and what’s really in it. There will be ingredients and blends for you to smell to illustrate the talk and […]
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2 July 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
This is a guest post by Susan Feehan and in introducing it I feel I should explain that, other than my friendship with perfumer John Stephen, I have no connection with the project she’s talking about here: I just thought it was such a great idea it deserved some publicity and was sure to interest […]
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1 July 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I’ve been a bit quiet on this blog for a couple of weeks so I thought I’d do a little teaser of some things in the pipeline to keep you interested: Coming soon is my first Guest Post from writer Susan Feehan who will be talking about a remarkable project involving a perfume, a film […]
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12 June 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Last weekend there was a Carnival in Newport, Shropshire and at the shop we had caricaturist Chris Ryder doing live drawings for customers. Caricature drawing live at the Craft Cafe, Newport Naturally enough I sat for a caricature myself, so here it is: Perfumer, Chris Bartlett in caricature
29 May 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
A fun Twitter marketing scheme by Aqua Design Group caught my attention yesterday: the general idea is each week the twitter community are given 12 hours to self nominate for “King of” or “Queen of” their industry – those selected are announced as winners at the end of the period. As it happened when I […]
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23 March 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Here is an excellent, short lecture on olfaction from perfumer and teacher Vedat Ozan where he describes how smell works and why it is so important to us as humans.
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19 February 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I’m starting something new today – an irregular series of Special Edition fragrances – each is a one-off or very small edition (never more than ten) of a special fragrance. Each is sold in an interesting bottle, perhaps an antique or collectable bottle from years gone by, perhaps a beautiful art glass container originally sold […]
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13 February 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
A Posy of Violets on Mother’s Day Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday has been celebrated here in Britain for a very long time. Here I’m exploring some of the history of the Day and it’s links with scented flowers. The terms Mother’s Day and Mothering Sunday are used more-or-less interchangeably, but historically they are different […]
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7 February 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
The new fragrance that was developed as part of the Penning Perfumes project and unveiled at the Birmingham event last night can now be revealed. Luckily Claire and I had similar images in mind First I want to share with you the poem that was the inspiration for the fragrance, reproduced here with kind permission […]
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4 February 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I wrote previously about the Penning Perfumes project but now the moment of revelation is fast approaching! The fragrance I created in response to a poem will be officially released for the first time at the Penning Perfumes event on the evening of Wednesday 6th February 2013 at Le Truc in Birmingham’s Ladywell Walk. I […]
