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Ex Idolo - Thirty-three - Exclusive Fragrance Launch at Roullier White

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Roullier White is delighted to announce the arrival of an exclusive, exciting and engaging new scent; Thirty-three from new perfume house Ex Idolo. break Ex Idolo's  Thirty-three is a fragrance crafted from very special ingredients. The soul of the fragrance is built around a vintage oud;  distilled in 1980 and aged until its release in 2013. It is the only modern perfume to use a significant amount of wild-harvested Chinese oud oil and natural Chinese rose oil to build the scent profile. Contrary to most ouds however, Thirty-three is a surprisingly soft and velvety fragrance, and is an oud unlike any other in terms of ones perception. Thirty-three is a deep and dark unisex fragrance, with clever dry and cold facets. Top notes: Soft black pepper, Candied mandarin, Caoutchouc Middle notes: Chinese white tea, Chinese rose, Taif rose, Orris, Damascus steel Base notes: Rare vintage ouds, Aged patchouli, Heliotropin Talented Matthew Zhuk is the creative force behind

Insect Hotel featured in The Independent garden guide, April 2013

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"Gardens need insects of every type to thrive. This appealing product will encourage a wide selection of beasts into your garden to breathe new life into your planting schemes." Click here to find out more about our Insect Hotel here

Zinc bottle carrier featured in Good Homes garden guide, June 2013

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"Transporting drinks from the kitchen to the patio can be tricky. This zinc bottle carrier is the ideal solution." Click here to find out more about our Zinc bottle carrier

Saturday Shopping In Honor Oak

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The most marvelous and unique thing about our glorious part of South London is that one can walk a mile or so but feel like one has traveled to a completely different town, such is the varied nature of our lovely local neighbourhoods. Nothing demonstrates this more for me than a Saturday jaunt to Honor Oak, via the truly magnificent One Tree Hill. Since a child, where my school friends and I would play, the wooded hill has always been one of my favourite places; an escape to the countryside but seconds away and with an enormous reminder of how close you are to town with the spectacular views.. One Tree Hill is named after the Oak of Honor which once stood on its peak, So named as beneath it Queen Elizabeth I rested during her journey to Eltham Palace on May Day 1602. The original oak was struck by lightning in 1888 but an equally majestic off-shoot stands in its place. This wooded nature reserve is home to much fauna and fauna, I am delighted to regularly see, but more often

Acqua Colonia Blood Orange & Basil featured in The Lady Magazine, May 2013

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Wash with Joe featured in Elle Decoration Magazine, May 2013

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Saturday Shopping In Dulwich Village

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Lawrence Roullier White shares the many and varied joys of a Saturday spent shopping in verdant Dulwich Village.  I never need an excuse to pop along to Dulwich Village - it has to be one of, if not the, prettiest places in London. The prospect of checking out the newly opened Gail’s Artisan Bakery was all the incentive I needed. Dulwich Village is with in easy reach of London Bridge, take the train (10 minutes) to North Dulwich. I have been going to Dulwich Village since I was a teenager, when many a night was spent in the Crown and Greyhound  - or the Dog as locals affectionately refer to their local - along with the Clockhouse (in nearby East Dulwich), back in the day the Dog was one of the only few decent pubs in the area. That of course has now changed and the locale is full of wonderful places to eat and drink; but I shall always have a soft spot for this man's best friend. Linger with a lunch-time cask ale and share a legendary meat board, mixed charcuterie wi

Roaring Twenties Coasters and Claus Porto Soaps featured in Period Homes & Interiors, May 2013

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"Who can resist a beautifully scented soap in the bath? These Clause Porto luxury ones are gentle and kind to the skin as they're made from natural vegetable oils and shea butter." Click here to find out more about Claus Porto soaps. Click here to find out more about Roullier White's Roaring Twenties coasters.

Today I Will Be Wearing: Byredo - Sunday Cologne - Eau de Parfum

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Today I will be wearing: Byredo - Sunday Cologne - Eau de Parfum break It is a lame cliché which does not do this remarkable perfume justice - but it has to be said - Ben Gorham's Byredo Sunday Cologne is a classic cologne fragrance with a twist. The scent reminds me of a white-tiled art deco New York Bathroom, a pile of fluffy cotton towels, chrome taps, misted mirrors, a bone toothbrush and a badger shaving brush on a beveled glass shelf. Where, of course, this elegant bottle would look perfectly at home. Or being the first customer of the day in a 1950's barbers in backstreet Rome. A crisp morning after a night of rain, as the sleepy city wakes up a radio crackles in the background. An invigourating splash of scent on just shaved skin. break break Sunday Cologne is a clean, fresh modern fragrance with  an underlying sense of style and tradition. break Uplifting and pleasing, Sunday Cologne has a triumvirate of notes at the top, middle and base. An initial burst

Super Saturday Supper Shopping In Nunhead

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A Saturday stroll along Evelina Road and Nunhead Lane is quite literally a walk down Memory Lane for me. My family has been shopping in Nunhead for as long as any of us can remember. Growing up in Rye Hill Park my dad would rush into Ayres the Baker’s after school to buy a ha’penny bun and later - after he was married and patiently waiting whilst my mother shopped for dress fabric in Peckham’s posh department store Jones and Higgins - my Gran and sister and I would buy crumpets for tea and our Grandfather’s Sunday morning brown bread and cockles & whelks from F. C. Soper. break Whilst many London urban areas identify as villages Nunhead really is one, complete with village green and all the traditional, independent and glorious shops one would expect and hope for. Lawrence Roullier White shares this rare treat. In these times of torte and tramezzino there is no greater joy than having a traditional family baker’s right on your doorstep and Ayres the Baker's is one of

Cake Stand featured in Sunday Express 'S' Magazine Wedding feature, April 2013

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Ciao Bellenden – A Saturday Shopping in Bellenden

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Ciao Bellenden – A Saturday Shopping in Bellenden. Lawrence Roullier White samples the many delights of one of London’s most vivacious areas. Getting to Bellenden is easy; a train to Peckham Rye, the station is moments away, or a stroll from East Dulwich or Camberwell. Many buses serve Rye Lane and parking is not a problem with ample cheap parking available at Choumert Grove Car Park . ww Nestling between Peckham, East Dulwich and Camberwell is Bellenden, one of London’s most unique neighbourhoods. Were you suddenly dropped in Bellenden you might plausibly imagine you had been deposited in New York’s West Village, such is the variety and quaint creative charm of these leafy few crossroads. You half expect to see Edie Sedgwick sipping a cappuccino at a ‘sidewalk’ café. This image is compounded by the gorgeous Greenwich Village feel of the terrace of houses opposite always buzzing café Petitou . Petitou is the perfect place to start your trip to the area with a robust repast, ther