Travel & Scent – a beautiful combination August 25, 2016 – Posted in: Blog – Tags: Grasse, Perfume, perfumer, scent, travel

After a hectic end to 2015 I kicked off the new year by escaping to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. My friendly taxi driver welcomed me with a bottle of their locally produced beer, Piton, and I knew my first trip to the island was going to be brilliant!

My home for the next two weeks was a boutique colonial style hotel in the north of the Island, by Rodney Bay, where the most clear blue sea and fine sandy beaches were at my foot.
    

Easing myself into the local way of life, I enjoyed visiting the spice market in the City of Castries to feed my curious mind on what was produced locally and what scents I could bring home. St. Lucia has an abundance of natural healing remedies for many allergies and illnesses. A lady told me, ͚we have absolutely everything to cure anything all here on the island͛, I could not argue with that!

Over the last 4 months I’ve been working all over Europe; Sweden, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and finished up Madrid and Milan, both places I love visiting in the summer when the flowers are in bloom.

In Madrid I was surrounded constantly by beautiful red carnations, bluebells and roses. I was running an event at the opulent Palazzo Pirigi, in Milan, where I was greeted by the owner and directed to the most beautiful reception with a grand marble staircase, roman statues and an aroma that placed me into what felt like a secret garden… my senses were mesmerised.

My next trip takes me back to the South of France where I created my first scent N-Lyten. I’ll be filling you all in on ‘my journey back to Grasse’ soon.