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2 January 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Today I’ve been working on my contribution to the latest Penning Perfumes project: a splendid idea pioneered by Odette Toilette and Claire Trévien to combine two art forms. Poets are given perfumes from which to take inspiration and Perfumers are given poems. The poem I’m responding to is by Claire Trévien herself and I’ve spent some time today in […]
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24 December 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
A short post this Christmas Eve to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year for 2013. Snowy branches and Shropshire countryside from the hard winter of 2010
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13 December 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I’m very pleased to report that the Pell Wall Perfumes range is now available to try and to buy at a new art gallery and craft workshop in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Situated at Victoria Yard on the High Street (next to the Red Lyon pub) it’s easy to find and a fun place to explore for […]
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7 December 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Regular readers of my blog and of Basenotes may remember that I had my doubts about the commercial viability of the concept of a Woodsmoke room fragrance. Well as I was packing up another bottle to go out to a customer tonight, it occurred to me I should give an update: after some months in […]
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4 November 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | 4 Comments on Pop-up Shop
Update: The Pop-up Shop in Newport – opposite the Shakespeare Pub – now features over 30 local businesses & I’m there myself every Wednesday afternoon if you want to talk perfume. I’m very pleased to report that Pell Wall Perfumes products are available at the new pop-up-shop in Newport, Shropshire (details on the 2nd of those links). The […]
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15 October 2012 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
This year, for the second time ever, IFRA UK (formerly known as the British Fragrance Association) is hosting a Fragrance Forum at the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace, London on Thursday 18th October 2012. I’m proud to say that Pell Wall Perfumes will be one of the sponsors of the event. The theme for the […]
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5 August 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
On Friday and Saturday 10th and 11th August 2012 the oldest horticultural show in the world will be celebrating it’s 125th anniversary and Pell Wall Perfumes will be there too. Pell Wall Perfumes will be on Stand A26 in the Home and Craft Marquee The Shrewsbury Flower Show, organised by the Shropshire Horticultural Society, is […]
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3 July 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
On July 12th 2012 Her Majesty the Queen will be attending a Pageant in Shropshire in honour of her 60 years as Queen. Pell Wall Perfumes will be there too and it seemed the perfect occasion to release a fragrance I’ve had in development for a while. 1953 – a limited edition fragrance by Pell […]
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20 June 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Pell Wall Perfumes will be at Fordhall Farm for their Summer Fair on Sunday 24th June. We’ll have some special deals for visitors to our stand and the whole day promises to be a great family day out too. There will be tractor and donkey rides, sack racing, face painting, wildlife activities, pizza making, clay […]
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1 May 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
This remarkable half hour interview with Nobel Prize winning scientist Richard Axel, starts with a discussion of the nature of smell and wanders on into gene splicing, the discovery of the mechanism by which the AIDS/HIV infection works, touching on the sex-life of snails and opera. Along the way we get a wonderful insight into […]
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27 April 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
At the European Parliament Expo on Trade Secrets, earlier this year, IFRA decided to publish a full fragrance formula ‘for the first time’ and copies of the formula and the fragrance made with it were given to politicians as part of a lobbying campaign to raise awareness of the importance of trade secrets to the fragrance industry.That […]
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24 April 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
It’s the day after St George’s Day so I have a year to gather ideas, build a design and make it ready to release a fragrance for St George’s Day 2013. This idea started when a friend of mine bemoaned the fact that St George’s Day isn’t much celebrated and wondered whether corporate sponsorship might […]
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14 April 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Pell Wall Perfumes has launched a new collection of three fragrances each based on one of the classic Spring flowers of the English country garden. The Spring Flowers Collection Persian Prince is based on Hyacinth Crowdsource is based on Daffodil and Deep Purple is based on Violet
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28 February 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
This is the third in my series of articles for the Shropshire Magazine on matters perfume, this time featuring an exploration of some of the traditions of Mothering Sunday and the special place of violets in perfumery. You can see a pdf scan of the article as it appeared in the magazine, under the title […]
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2 February 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | 2 Comments on Valentine’s, Roses and Chocolate – the scent of romance
Here is the second in my series of articles for the Shropshire Magazine, this time looking at the history of Valentine’s Day and it’s association with gifts and incorporating a little foray into gourmand perfumes. You can see a pdf scan of the article as it appeared in the magazine or the unedited version in plain […]
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29 January 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, I’ve a selection of price reductions to see if I can steal some sales from the florists this year. Plus I’ve prepared some His & Hers sample packs (equally His & His or Hers & Hers if you prefer) that come with two fragrances of your choice from my masculine and […]
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23 January 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Anyone who has ever sat around a campfire will have memories associated with the smell of wood-smoke, hopefully good ones . . . If like me you also have the good fortune to have an open fire at home, you may have shared my disappointment that you don’t really ever get the same effect indoors […]