By Katie Corcoran
Today I happen to be sitting at my desk smiling, not that this is unusual of course, but it is because I just spent the most delightful hour at the new perfume shop Al Qurashi. This is the first time Al Qurashi has brought his Middle Eastern inspired oils, fragrances and exotic ingredients to London and surprisingly they are light, sensual, feminine and often floral.
This Aladdin's cave is full of beautiful bottles, amazing smells and is somewhere you can spend hours losing yourself in. I was lucky enough to be talked through the oils and fragrances by one of the world's leading perfumers, Roja Dove, but you can enjoy a complete fragrance experience with the expert help that is always on hand. Here you can smell, blend and create your unique scent which will leave you smiling from ear to ear.
What would I recommend you lay your hands on right now as we head into spring? Well I simply loved the Hello March fragrance which is a blend of some of the finest rose, patchouli and musk essential oils in the perfume industry, that will leave you smelling simply irresistible. This really is fragrance at its finest; let's not forget that Abdul Samad Al Qurashi once created fragrances for some of the world's leading royal families, so you are in capable well experienced hands!
Now is definitely the time to enjoy a new fragrance that empowers you and evokes feelings of happiness that you may have long forgotten in the dark dull winter, and this is the place to do it...
Hello March from £48 at Al Qurashi, 94 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, SW3 1ER. 020 7589 1315. Alqurashi.co.uk
