Floris Luxury Candle Duo Gift Set

Did you know Floris don’t just make gorgeous luxury fragrances and bodycare products, but they have a fabulous selection of home fragrances and scented candles?

Oh yes, I’m talking about the crème de la crème of luxury candles here and this Christmas they have the most gorgeous gift set!

Say hello to their Luxury Candle Duo (£75).

This beautifully presented duo come in an iconic blue and gold Floris gift box and are fastened as a final flourish with the Floris seal.

Nestled safely within are the two gorgeous candles, captured in glass featuring gold lids with ‘Floris London’ embossed on top.

This set contain the wonderfully Christmassy scents of Cinnamon & Tangerine and Sandalwood & Patchouli Scented and despite my usual love of all things sacchariney and sweet, I adore these!

Both candles are beautifully fragranced and within minutes of burning them your home is transformed and smells simply divine! 

Cinnamon and Tangerine is the more Christmassy smelling of the two but Sandalwood and Patchouli is such a sophisticated and relaxing scent it’s just divine!

I love the fact that these come with such shiny pretty lids too which mean that when they’re not being used they look neat and stylish in your living room.

This set isn’t cheap at £70, however they really are a super special luxury treat for any candle lovers and are absolutely worth the price tag for the fabulous scents they create in your home.

The Floris Luxury Candle Duo is available now along from the Floris website along with their other Christmas gift sets.

Limited Edition Floris Rose Geranium Bath Essence with Macmillan

This September Floris will launch a limited edition version of their Iconic Rose Geranium Bath Essence, created in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Packaged within a specially designed sleeve illustrated by Marta Spendowska, £35 of the £55 RRP will be given to the charity.

Loved by the likes of Marilyn Monroe, this potent and beautiful bath essence creates the ultimate bathing experience thanks to its warm, relaxing aroma which fills your bathroom with notes of geranium, rose and cedarwood.

Macmillan have always promoted wellbeing and the importance of taking time for yourself, not just for the person afflicted with cancer, but for the carers, partners, friends and loved ones. A well prepared bath is one way that you can do this, so the partnership with Floris is inspired and brilliant.

There’s never been a better time to have your first bathing experience with Floris so lets get behind them and raise some serious money for Macmillan.

The Limited Edition Macmillan Rose Geranium Bath Essence will be available from Floris from September.

Marilyn Monroe's Other Favourite Fragrance?

What did Marilyn Monroe wear in bed?

‘Why, Chanel No. 5, of course' 

Or was it?

These are the words famously spoken by Marilyn Monroe when asked about her night wear.

New information has come to light however, suggesting that Marilyn had another fragrance which she loved too.

Prompted by the forthcoming 50th anniversary of her death in August 1962 and the opening of the Marilyn exhibition at the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence, British perfume house Floris has dipped into its archives and made an amazing discovery.

It seems that on the 14^th December 1959, a Marilyn Monroe Miller ordered 6 bottles of Floris Rose Geranium under the false name Miss Dorothy Blass (who was actually Marilyn’s personal secretary)

The perfumes were sent from the Floris shop in Jermyn Street London to the Beverly Hills Hotel in California where she was staying after filming Some Like It Hot.

A rare colour photo of Marilyn in 'that' famous Some Like It Hot Dress

 My favourite Marilyn film by the way!

I love these little details about her life that eventually come to light.  In a way,  I feel as if it allows you a little peek into aspects of her life you would never have otherwise known.

Sadly you are no longer able to purchase the Rose Geranium scent in an eau de toilette form, however it is still available as a bath essence and soap.

I need to get my hands on one of these to see just what it was about  the scent that Marilyn loved!