I have just realized that it's only 6 weeks until Christmas - and that I really do need to get on with my Christmas shopping! For anyone...

As Summer draws to a close and la Rentrée forces us all back into a more formally organised way of life after the lazier days of August,...

Finally the Summer is here, and we have the perfect French soap for the season: ‘Marine’ - a beautiful pale blue coloured soap with a...

Sunday 20th June is a day to celebrate all of those special dads/step dads and father figures out there, and rather than socks this year...

Being a Francophile I am obviously quite partial to a lot of French things – Savon de Marseille, French Rosé, Pain à l’ancienne, Gratin...

In France Mother’s Day is a late Spring/early Summer affair, as it always falls on the last Sunday of May – unless this coincides with...

It’s February, our northern skies are grey and heavy with snow. Spring seems miles away and even a walk around the block is treacherous...

France is often thought of as the world's most romantic country, so it's not surprising that la Saint-Valentin is a popular celebration....

Christmas is now fast approaching, I’m frantically making up orders whilst avidly tracking my lorry load of French soaps, hoping it will...

Christmas may turn out to be a little different this year – sadly, right now we have little idea of what the holiday season will look...

Autumn has arrived.... L’automne est arrivé and very sadly Coronavirus is still with us, and so another traditional festival and family...

No one could fail to agree that our planet is an amazing one, astounding in its diversity and astonishingly beautiful – and yet it is...

As a new business start-up during a global pandemic with little experience nor training in business or marketing it was always going to...

Did you know that there are over one hundred and eighty different types of Honeysuckle? You can even get a different type of Honeysuckle...

Presenting the 'no frills' boxes of soap intended to simply replace the soaps in your bathroom once you have run out. These options are...

French lavender is lovely – richly fragrant, beautifully coloured and evocative of a hot Provençal summer – swathes of purple fields...

‘La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel’ – Victor Hugo 'Life is a flower and love is the honey' proclaimed Victor Hugo - and he...

In France ‘La Fête de Pères’ - Father’s Day - falls on the third Sunday in June, just as it does in the UK.

One way of protecting yourself against Covid 19 is to wash you hands well with soap and water. Antibacterial handwash is one solution,...

The Centifolia Rose flowers of Grasse are carefully handpicked and harvested for the huge perfume houses of Dior and Hermes