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What’s Up Down Under? A report from Australia’s Geelong Fragrance Fair
Gosh, it’s a busy time for fragrance shows. And while Italy’s a hop, skip and a jump from our London HQ, we were sadly unable to pop over to the recent Geelong Fragrance Fair, in Melbourne. Happily, Anthony Gardiner – materials producer and writer – made it to the over from New Zealand. He now shares with On The Scent his discoveries and observations of the fast-growing Antipodean fragrance market…
There’s posh: Penhaligon’s Portraits take up (temporary) residence at The Royal Academy of Arts. (And we went to the preview.)
A decade after the launch of Penhaligon’s wonderfully eccentric Portraits collection, the fragrance family takes over the Royal Academy of Arts in a joyous, beautifully realised, multi-sensory exhibition. (And we also meet perfumer Daphné Bugey, creator of the latest to join the family…)