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12 June 2013 by Pell Wall | 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
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29 May 2013 by Pell Wall | 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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26 May 2013 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Green Carnation Eau de Parfum Green Carnation by Pell Wall Top-notes of cut grass, green mandarin and clove are fresh and clean. Quickly followed by a soft, powdery carnation scent with green notes of galbanum. The base notes are a very complex amber […]
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25 May 2013 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Orange Spice This is a bright, clean, long-lasting fragrance suited to both men and women. It opens with the orangy-citrus you’d expect supported with precious neroli, mandarin and tangerine. At its heart are exotic spices, dark orange flower, petitgrain and a lasting fruity orange note. The base notes are a sophisticated blend of ambergris, frankincense, […]
feedback Haiku Hypoallergenic PWP Product unisex
Hypoallergenic Fragrances Some of the materials used in perfume can cause allergic or sensitising reactions in a small number of people. For those who suffer with such allergy wearing a perfume can be difficult, so I’ve set out to design perfumes with the minimum allergen content. It is of course impossible to be certain that […]
education entertainment event Making your own perfume
17 May 2013 by Pell Wall | 3 Comments on Perfume Making Evening in Shropshire
If you are in or near Shropshire in June, how do you fancy an evening of making your own perfume? I’m running a gently educational, but mostly fun evening putting together your own fragrance on Tuesday 11th June from 6pm. At the Craft Café 2, Wellington Road, Newport, Shropshire With the Pell Wall Perfumer Three and a half […]
ambergris animal Disambiguation DIY education Making your own perfume natural synthetic
29 April 2013 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
I’ve written already about natural ambergris (also called Ambra) and mentioned there that most perfumery uses synthetic substitutes. Here I’m setting out some of those substitutes (mainly synthetic, but including some naturals) and trying to sort out some of the confusion resulting from the fact that there are so many different products with very similar names. […]
Home Fragrance Minted Mornings new products PWP Product Woodsmoke
3 April 2013 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Peaches & Cream Room Spray and Reed Diffuser Fine, fruity and luxuriously warm The new home fragrance from Pell Wall, available in room spray and reed diffuser forms; this is a lovely fresh, fruity and exotic fragrance. Dominated by peach there are elements of raspberry, mango and pineapple here too all backed up with creamy, […]
choosing and classifying fragrance DIY education Making your own perfume PWP Product synthetic
25 March 2013 by Pell Wall | 1 Comment on Introduction to Aroma Chemicals Kits
Aroma-chemicals Blending Kit by Pell Wall I’ve been asked a few times whether I have perfumery materials, especially the synthetics, available in small amounts for amateur perfumers and indeed for perfume collectors who want to learn more about what makes up the notes in their favourite perfumes. I’m often asked what I would recommend for […]
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23 March 2013 by Pell Wall | 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.