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Blindfolded in Ormonde Jayne
posted on May 12th, 2010 by ormonde jayne in Perfume
The innovative new way to choose your perfect Ormonde Jayne scent has finally been launched. After two years in the making and perfecting, Perfume Portraits is now available as a complimentary service in our flagship store in The Royal Arcade & the ground floor of Harrods in The Perfumery Hall.
We wanted to find an innovative way to help our customers choose their favourite scent without having to spray on 10 different scents on their wrists and at the same time, to look back to Ormonde Jayne’s heritage of bespoke perfumery. The art of bespoke is to try & find out which oils evoke a positive sensation so during the Perfume Portrait, we take our customers on a voyage of true discovery using exceptional oils to help find your signature scent.
The Perfume Portrait focuses the mind by allowing you to take in the scents of individual raw ingredients which guide you on a sensual adventure. We have also now added a blindfold, not compulsory but definitely advised, while you smell your way through 21 raw ingredients. There are three raw ingredients for each of the seven perfume groups; light floral, intense floral, balsamic, hesperedic, atmospheric, woody and oriental. The whole process takes no more than five minutes and we carefully note down all your likes and dislikes.
To read more about Perfume Portraits, read Danielle Cooper of Basenotes experience here and also Hello! Magazine’s Fashion Foie Gras blogger Emily Johnston who says she is now in heaven since her portrait…What more can you ask?!
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Sampaquita for Summer
posted on May 10th, 2010 by ormonde jayne in Perfume
The excitable British weather keeps tantalizing us with unexpected bouts of sunshine & when spring and summer do finally start in earnest & the cherry blossoms in London have disappeared, it’s Sampaquita that comes into its own. A favourite of my favourite actress Emma Thompson, it’s a scent that I also recommend for younger customers & brides to be.
Rather than post my own review of the fragrance, here is one from Bois de Jasmin soon after it was launched in 2005.
“Sampaquita is an olfactory version of a gelato on a hot day in Sienna. Not because it is gourmand in any way, but because it makes me feel happy and rejuvenated, almost giddy. The top notes are a Venetian lace of citrus notes, with lychee providing not the commonly familiar pineapple-rose scent of a fruit, but a lemony burst that lychee essence tends to give. Then the lemony melody softens into a floral medley. Here, water lily note is what I notice the most, paired wonderfully with sweet spring like freesia and lush jasmine sambac. The dry down is slightly earthy, with a hint of musk.”
And another from Perfume Posse
“…Give it a lead time of 20 minutes or so and it becomes a green, grassy (yes) soaring thing – the soft green sweetness of magnolia in the rain, a juicy white-grape-like smell I presume is the lychee fruit (sorry, I have no idea what they smell like), and hints of the pulpy freshness of freesia and water lily. A little online research shows that sampaquita is more commonly spelled sampaguita, and it is a type of jasmine. All these notes rest in a base of vetiver and weedy ambrette that create the illusion of floating above a tropical bower. Sampaquita, as you can guess, would be a perfect summer scent; it’s got sillage but not the sort that’s going to cause people on the subway to move away from you in disgust when it’s 90 degrees outside. But Sampaquita is also perfect for right now – when it’s 39 degrees and sleeting, and your boots are muddy, and it feels like spring is a long way off. Eight hours later I’m still floating in a subtle, alluring garden of pleasure….”
The Good Web Guide is holding a fantastic competition to win our lovely Belle of the Ball Gift Box which includes a bottle of Eau de Parfum and a Replenishing Body Lotion in Sampaquita. And what’s more, anyone can enter!
Belle of the Ball Gift Box could be yours!
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Isfarkand’s grows
posted on December 8th, 2009 by ormonde jayne in Perfume
Isfarkand is celebrating its fourth birthday this year and we can now announce its younger brother! Work has been under way over the last year to formulate a Shampoo and Body Wash for men to compliment Isfarkand’s Eau de Parfum and I am over the moon with the final version which is now on the shelves!
Like the Bathing Range, it is free of parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oils, sulphates and GM ingredients and colourings but will leave your hair & body smelling of Isfarkand all day (you will be shooing the hoards of girls away!)
Isfarkand has a strong following from all over the world including my husband, and soon after it was first launched, it won Wallpaper* Magazine’s Best Scent of the Year Award which was a sterling reason to make merry and open lots of champagne at the boutique – yet another benefit of shopping at Ormonde Jayne!
One of its admirers visited the boutique recently and makes a pilgrimage to London from Scotland solely to buy Isfarkand. He also travels to Paris for his haircuts and is a most distinctive character! Another fan is Will Smith who either visits Ormonde Jayne with his gorgeous wife or sends the Concierge of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to us with a long shopping list! Whenever he does the former he tends to leave the staff with a far-away look.
David Coverdale of Whitesnake was recently in London and stopped in to counterbalance the loss of his wife’s baggage at Terminal 5. She was so pleased with her gifts of Sampaquita that they both came back again that afternoon. When you have been a fan of Whitesnake for twenty years it is great to meet and scent the lead singer!
For other reviews on Isfarkand visit “A Tale of Two Cities” on Sniffapalooza Magazine and The Fragrance Bouquet and Cult Beauty
The innovative new way to choose your perfect Ormonde Jayne scent has finally been launched. After two years in the making and perfecting, Perfume Portraits is now available as a complimentary service in our flagship store in The Royal Arcade & the ground floor of Harrods in The Perfumery Hall.
We wanted to find an innovative way to help our customers choose their favourite scent without having to spray on 10 different scents on their wrists and at the same time, to look back to Ormonde Jayne’s heritage of bespoke perfumery. The art of bespoke is to try & find out which oils evoke a positive sensation so during the Perfume Portrait, we take our customers on a voyage of true discovery using exceptional oils to help find your signature scent.
The Perfume Portrait focuses the mind by allowing you to take in the scents of individual raw ingredients which guide you on a sensual adventure. We have also now added a blindfold, not compulsory but definitely advised, while you smell your way through 21 raw ingredients. There are three raw ingredients for each of the seven perfume groups; light floral, intense floral, balsamic, hesperedic, atmospheric, woody and oriental. The whole process takes no more than five minutes and we carefully note down all your likes and dislikes.
To read more about Perfume Portraits, read Danielle Cooper of Basenotes experience here and also Hello! Magazine’s Fashion Foie Gras blogger Emily Johnston who says she is now in heaven since her portrait…What more can you ask?!
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Sampaquita for Summer
posted on May 10th, 2010 by ormonde jayne in Perfume
The excitable British weather keeps tantalizing us with unexpected bouts of sunshine & when spring and summer do finally start in earnest & the cherry blossoms in London have disappeared, it’s Sampaquita that comes into its own. A favourite of my favourite actress Emma Thompson, it’s a scent that I also recommend for younger customers & brides to be.
Rather than post my own review of the fragrance, here is one from Bois de Jasmin soon after it was launched in 2005.
“Sampaquita is an olfactory version of a gelato on a hot day in Sienna. Not because it is gourmand in any way, but because it makes me feel happy and rejuvenated, almost giddy. The top notes are a Venetian lace of citrus notes, with lychee providing not the commonly familiar pineapple-rose scent of a fruit, but a lemony burst that lychee essence tends to give. Then the lemony melody softens into a floral medley. Here, water lily note is what I notice the most, paired wonderfully with sweet spring like freesia and lush jasmine sambac. The dry down is slightly earthy, with a hint of musk.”
And another from Perfume Posse
“…Give it a lead time of 20 minutes or so and it becomes a green, grassy (yes) soaring thing – the soft green sweetness of magnolia in the rain, a juicy white-grape-like smell I presume is the lychee fruit (sorry, I have no idea what they smell like), and hints of the pulpy freshness of freesia and water lily. A little online research shows that sampaquita is more commonly spelled sampaguita, and it is a type of jasmine. All these notes rest in a base of vetiver and weedy ambrette that create the illusion of floating above a tropical bower. Sampaquita, as you can guess, would be a perfect summer scent; it’s got sillage but not the sort that’s going to cause people on the subway to move away from you in disgust when it’s 90 degrees outside. But Sampaquita is also perfect for right now – when it’s 39 degrees and sleeting, and your boots are muddy, and it feels like spring is a long way off. Eight hours later I’m still floating in a subtle, alluring garden of pleasure….”
The Good Web Guide is holding a fantastic competition to win our lovely Belle of the Ball Gift Box which includes a bottle of Eau de Parfum and a Replenishing Body Lotion in Sampaquita. And what’s more, anyone can enter!
Belle of the Ball Gift Box could be yours!
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Isfarkand’s grows
posted on December 8th, 2009 by ormonde jayne in Perfume
Isfarkand is celebrating its fourth birthday this year and we can now announce its younger brother! Work has been under way over the last year to formulate a Shampoo and Body Wash for men to compliment Isfarkand’s Eau de Parfum and I am over the moon with the final version which is now on the shelves!
Like the Bathing Range, it is free of parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oils, sulphates and GM ingredients and colourings but will leave your hair & body smelling of Isfarkand all day (you will be shooing the hoards of girls away!)
Isfarkand has a strong following from all over the world including my husband, and soon after it was first launched, it won Wallpaper* Magazine’s Best Scent of the Year Award which was a sterling reason to make merry and open lots of champagne at the boutique – yet another benefit of shopping at Ormonde Jayne!
One of its admirers visited the boutique recently and makes a pilgrimage to London from Scotland solely to buy Isfarkand. He also travels to Paris for his haircuts and is a most distinctive character! Another fan is Will Smith who either visits Ormonde Jayne with his gorgeous wife or sends the Concierge of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to us with a long shopping list! Whenever he does the former he tends to leave the staff with a far-away look.
David Coverdale of Whitesnake was recently in London and stopped in to counterbalance the loss of his wife’s baggage at Terminal 5. She was so pleased with her gifts of Sampaquita that they both came back again that afternoon. When you have been a fan of Whitesnake for twenty years it is great to meet and scent the lead singer!
For other reviews on Isfarkand visit “A Tale of Two Cities” on Sniffapalooza Magazine and The Fragrance Bouquet and Cult Beauty
The excitable British weather keeps tantalizing us with unexpected bouts of sunshine & when spring and summer do finally start in earnest & the cherry blossoms in London have disappeared, it’s Sampaquita that comes into its own. A favourite of my favourite actress Emma Thompson, it’s a scent that I also recommend for younger customers & brides to be.
Rather than post my own review of the fragrance, here is one from Bois de Jasmin soon after it was launched in 2005.
“Sampaquita is an olfactory version of a gelato on a hot day in Sienna. Not because it is gourmand in any way, but because it makes me feel happy and rejuvenated, almost giddy. The top notes are a Venetian lace of citrus notes, with lychee providing not the commonly familiar pineapple-rose scent of a fruit, but a lemony burst that lychee essence tends to give. Then the lemony melody softens into a floral medley. Here, water lily note is what I notice the most, paired wonderfully with sweet spring like freesia and lush jasmine sambac. The dry down is slightly earthy, with a hint of musk.”
And another from Perfume Posse
“…Give it a lead time of 20 minutes or so and it becomes a green, grassy (yes) soaring thing – the soft green sweetness of magnolia in the rain, a juicy white-grape-like smell I presume is the lychee fruit (sorry, I have no idea what they smell like), and hints of the pulpy freshness of freesia and water lily. A little online research shows that sampaquita is more commonly spelled sampaguita, and it is a type of jasmine. All these notes rest in a base of vetiver and weedy ambrette that create the illusion of floating above a tropical bower. Sampaquita, as you can guess, would be a perfect summer scent; it’s got sillage but not the sort that’s going to cause people on the subway to move away from you in disgust when it’s 90 degrees outside. But Sampaquita is also perfect for right now – when it’s 39 degrees and sleeting, and your boots are muddy, and it feels like spring is a long way off. Eight hours later I’m still floating in a subtle, alluring garden of pleasure….”
The Good Web Guide is holding a fantastic competition to win our lovely Belle of the Ball Gift Box which includes a bottle of Eau de Parfum and a Replenishing Body Lotion in Sampaquita. And what’s more, anyone can enter!
Belle of the Ball Gift Box could be yours!
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Isfarkand’s grows
posted on December 8th, 2009 by ormonde jayne in Perfume
Isfarkand is celebrating its fourth birthday this year and we can now announce its younger brother! Work has been under way over the last year to formulate a Shampoo and Body Wash for men to compliment Isfarkand’s Eau de Parfum and I am over the moon with the final version which is now on the shelves!
Like the Bathing Range, it is free of parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oils, sulphates and GM ingredients and colourings but will leave your hair & body smelling of Isfarkand all day (you will be shooing the hoards of girls away!)
Isfarkand has a strong following from all over the world including my husband, and soon after it was first launched, it won Wallpaper* Magazine’s Best Scent of the Year Award which was a sterling reason to make merry and open lots of champagne at the boutique – yet another benefit of shopping at Ormonde Jayne!
One of its admirers visited the boutique recently and makes a pilgrimage to London from Scotland solely to buy Isfarkand. He also travels to Paris for his haircuts and is a most distinctive character! Another fan is Will Smith who either visits Ormonde Jayne with his gorgeous wife or sends the Concierge of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to us with a long shopping list! Whenever he does the former he tends to leave the staff with a far-away look.
David Coverdale of Whitesnake was recently in London and stopped in to counterbalance the loss of his wife’s baggage at Terminal 5. She was so pleased with her gifts of Sampaquita that they both came back again that afternoon. When you have been a fan of Whitesnake for twenty years it is great to meet and scent the lead singer!
For other reviews on Isfarkand visit “A Tale of Two Cities” on Sniffapalooza Magazine and The Fragrance Bouquet and Cult Beauty
Isfarkand is celebrating its fourth birthday this year and we can now announce its younger brother! Work has been under way over the last year to formulate a Shampoo and Body Wash for men to compliment Isfarkand’s Eau de Parfum and I am over the moon with the final version which is now on the shelves!
Like the Bathing Range, it is free of parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oils, sulphates and GM ingredients and colourings but will leave your hair & body smelling of Isfarkand all day (you will be shooing the hoards of girls away!)
Isfarkand has a strong following from all over the world including my husband, and soon after it was first launched, it won Wallpaper* Magazine’s Best Scent of the Year Award which was a sterling reason to make merry and open lots of champagne at the boutique – yet another benefit of shopping at Ormonde Jayne!
One of its admirers visited the boutique recently and makes a pilgrimage to London from Scotland solely to buy Isfarkand. He also travels to Paris for his haircuts and is a most distinctive character! Another fan is Will Smith who either visits Ormonde Jayne with his gorgeous wife or sends the Concierge of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to us with a long shopping list! Whenever he does the former he tends to leave the staff with a far-away look.
David Coverdale of Whitesnake was recently in London and stopped in to counterbalance the loss of his wife’s baggage at Terminal 5. She was so pleased with her gifts of Sampaquita that they both came back again that afternoon. When you have been a fan of Whitesnake for twenty years it is great to meet and scent the lead singer!
For other reviews on Isfarkand visit “A Tale of Two Cities” on Sniffapalooza Magazine and The Fragrance Bouquet and Cult Beauty
