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...

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...

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

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