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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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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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21 September 2014 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Pell Wall features with other independent perfumers in the September issue of one of London’s regional upmarket-lifestyle magazines Absolutely South East in an article by Lawrence Roullier White on Rebel Perfumers an association I’m rather pleased with: thanks Lawrence!
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13 August 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
The spread at the beginning of the article as it appeared in print on 3rd August 2014 If you want to make perfume yourself and are looking for help to get you started, this is the place. Here are links to methods, sources of ingredients, recommended equipment and advice: everything I wished I could find […]
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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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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 […]
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
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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 […]
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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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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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 […]
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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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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27 December 2011 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Article: Synthetic or Natural? Here you can read a slightly longer version of an article published in the December 2011 edition of the Shropshire Magazine exploring the changing use of natural and synthetic materials in perfume and their relative merits, which you can also read in plain pdf. There are a lot of evangelists about […]
