Its a packed olfactory and gustatory schedule in the coming week, I am gleefully excited at having tickets for the following:
Sat 17th: TODAY I am at the Vintage Sessions at Les Senteurs, with purveyor of olfactory adventures, Ms Odette Toilette. It's back to the decade of BIG! Hair, shoulders, perfume, colour - yes, the loud and proud 1980's.
Go Team Joan! Dynasty typifies 80′s excess – joyfully and without apology
Will their be wafts of Giorgio, Poison and other membrane irritants .. who knows. I know there will be Fizz and darn fine cakes, bring it on. Now where IS my batwing jumper.
Carl Warner’s Food Landscapes – edible art for the senses! Credit: blog.toptable.com
I had a ticket for the Experimental Food Society's exhibition at Canary Wharf for today (Saturday 17th), which has unfortunately been cancelled. Soo disappointing, wanted to see (eat + smell!) glasses of spun sugar, transmogrified food, outlandish liqueurs and jelly sculptures!
Puts my fruit carving to shame! Experimental Food Society displaying their skills
If you cannot wait until next year, when hopefully the exhibition will return and you want to get a visual fix of charcuterie hills and dales, cheese boulevards and candy cottages, Carl Warner (see image above) has a book out called "Food Landscapes" published by Abrams. It's like Alice in Wonderland, meets Willy Wonka in Heston Blumenthal's kitchen!! Bring a napkin, drooling guaranteed!
Which segues nicely into and placates my palate a little with:
Weds 21st : Port and Chocolate Tasting at Charbonnel et Walker. Yum, yum. I was here a year ago for a Chocolate + perfume event with Ormonde Jayne, great fun, divine confections and witty repartee from the staff.
Thurs 22nd: A night of idling away with 'Iris' at Perfume Lover's London. Cannot wait, have been smelling my orris root extract in anticipation and writing up ideas for an IRIS post, watch this space.
The Iris – regal, haunting, seductive. Credit: Wikipedia
In between these hedonic times, I am writing up workshop notes and blends for my Botanical Oils workshop at Fulham Palace (24th) and a private course on creating bases and creams (Dec 1st). Work waits for no man.
Phew, I need a lie down ... where are my smelling salts and pass the port truffles!