TIME

Personally I have always been very sensitive to scents - they can shape my mood and stir long dormant memories. When I had the chance to create my own fragrance I fully embraced the opportunity. It's a passion of mine. I have always collected fragrances - oils, candles, incense, perfumes and I love to use scents to set a scene or conjure a mood. I travel with my own blends and the first thing I do when I arrive anywhere is burn some of my favourite incense to make me feel at home. I spent a long time defining the scents I love and why, while experimenting with combinations, blends and mixes. I knew I didn’t want anything too heavy, too sweet or too fruity. My ideal was a fragrance that was sexy – but shy! A fragrance that made me feel happy, warm and hopeful. It had to be modern – but with a familiarity too. To achieve this, I combined smells that reminded me of the sixties - patchouli and a light musk - with scents from other, more recent times in my life – uplifting bergamot, an exotic spicy fragrance and addictive pink pepper from Peru that is said to elicit a happy feeling. I added fresh lemon and warm jasmine to recreate the feeling of sun-kissed sexiness and freedom one enjoys on holiday. For me these scents blended together are time captured in a bottle.