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Home » Fragrance » The Jo Malone Bloomsbury Set brings an English country manor to you

The Jo Malone Bloomsbury Set brings an English country manor to you

March 3, 2017 Paris B 11 Comments

Every year, Jo Malone comes up with a small and exclusive limited edition range of fragrances. One year, it was all about English desserts, another year, it was rain (oh yes, London’s rain is legendary!) and last year, if I’m not mistaken, it was about herbs. The running theme is this – limited edition, exclusive and English.

This year, Jo Malone is basing their new exclusive collection on the Bloomsbury Set – a set of fragrances inspired by the free spirited artists, intellectuals, authors and philosophers, capturing the contrast and dichotomy of English life in the 1900’s. The scents were inspired after visiting Charleston House, a manor in Sussex, where some of these free-spirits lived. Is there anything more English than an English country manor I ask you?

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Incidentally, “set” here refers to the group of people who led this life, and the inspiration for the collection and bottles were drawn from the house where many of them lived. The collection therefore draws inspiration from the “lily pond at dawn, bold blue hyacinth, absinthe afternoons and golden linseed on paint-stained hands. Warming whiskey and sweet pipe tobacco. The secrets of waxed floors burnished by footsteps in the night.” It’s all a rather romanticised notion of an artistic life.

There are 5 bottles of cologne in the Bloomsbury Set collection that come in what seems like paint-spattered bottles without any logo. If you weren’t familiar with Jo Malone and the shape of their perfume bottles, you may not even know where these were from!

There are 5 scents in the collection, all of which are a little … different.

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  • Whisky and Cedarwood – I was most excited to try this, as I’d learned to take a shine to whiskey in recent years, and it intrigued me to have a perfume smell of it. For me however, it was the cedarwood that came through more strongly, so my impression was more of the woodsy scent reminiscent of Christmas candles, as opposed to the sweet, smokiness of whisky. Ultimately, it didn’t sit too well on my skin and nose.
  • Blue Hyacinth – If you like sweet fresh florals, then this will sit well with you. Not such a big fan of florals so my nose skipped this over. But it does smell very fresh, like flowers bathed in morning dew.
  • Leather and Artemesia – This one is supposed to evoke memories of old leather bound books, as you lounge with a glass of absinthe in hand and surrounded by the scent of Artemesia. Absinthe was the one that caught my eye (no, I’m not alcoholic LOL! 😀 ) but I actually found the scent lighter than I expected. There is a whiff of tanned leather, but it dries down to a warmer, slightly spicier base that is still rather light on the nose. Nothing too heavy or overpowering. On me, this sits quite well and lasts. But you’d have to appreciate spicy warm scents to appreciate this one.
  • Tobacco and Mandarin – This is the other one I thought was interesting. The sweet scent of tobacco is blended with the citrus scent of mandarin that envelops you in a rather pleasant cloud. Tobacco in perfumes isn’t unusual, and the scent of it isn’t too strong in this one from Jo Malone. Just enough to give you the hint of cigar bars. On my skin, this developed the best for me without making me feel like it was too cloying.
  • Garden Lilies – If you love wearing the scent of lilies, look no further. This is the scent of fresh lilies distilled into a bottle of perfume. I love the flower (it’s one of my favourites) but even in the flower, I’m not a fan of how it smells as I find it overpowering and sweet. Awkward! LOL But if you love the scent, this one’s definitely for you!

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Like all Jo Malone fragrances, these can be layered with other scents to create something personalised just for you. If you own other Jo Malone perfumes, you can easily experiment to see if you can tweak the scent into something that might suit you better. But if you aren’t experimental, then these scents can stand on their own quite easily.

My picks are the 2 less floral scents – Leather and Artemesia and Tobacco and Mandarin. Incidentally, I found Leather and Artemesia quite long-lasting on my skin, where I could smell hints of it hours later.

I believe that with certain purchases, you may be able to get them to package it for you into a limited edition Bloomsbury Set box. It’s quite pretty 🙂

The thing about Jo Malone perfumes is that I haven’t yet found one that I can safely say I love with all my being. I’ve tried quite a few over time and while I like some aspects of one and maybe a different aspect of another, I haven’t had one call out my name from the shelves “Parissss…. buy meeeeee….” That would be creepy LOL! 😀 But I’m always hopeful – new ones are being added every day!

Will you be checking out the Jo Malone Bloomsbury Set collection? Did you get anything from previous collections?

I missed the herb one – that one I thought was interesting, because I like seeing how herbs can be used in various aspects, not just cooking. I remember the desserts one though – that would have appealed to anyone who loves sweets but I backpedalled so quickly! Not a fan of sweets, me 🙂

Paris B

Jo Malone Bloomsbury Set perfumes comes in 5 limited edition fragrances

Price: RM230 | £46 | US$70 for 30ml

Where to buy: Jo Malone boutiques, counters or online

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  1. Lily says

    March 3, 2017 at 9:20 pm

    I bought a candle and a bottle of fragrance from Jo Malone not long ago. Today, I refuse to go near it because there are 2 more scents I really like!! LOL! I think it’ll be a while before I’m back in KL, so I’m safe for now 🙂

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    • Paris B says

      March 7, 2017 at 9:06 am

      Haha that’s always the challenge with pretty perfumes 🙂 I’m still feeling my way around Jo Malone scents. I think it’s because they’re so “pretty” that it doesn’t sit well on or with me. But they promise me I’ll eventually find one I’ll like so I’m still looking! I haven’t tried their candles though. I keep meaning to but I’m also working through my extensive candle collection so they’ll have to wait for now

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  2. Maja says

    March 4, 2017 at 5:39 am

    Have you ever tried “Mimosa & Cardamom”? I absolutely adore it, but then again I love warm, spicy, full-bodied perfumes.

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    • Paris B says

      March 7, 2017 at 9:06 am

      Yes I have Maja 🙂 I love spicy scents too but I remember it dried down a little sweeter on me than I liked. I’ll take another sniff!

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  3. Joanne says

    March 5, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    Earl grey & cucumber, Mimosa & cardamom and Dark amber & ginger lily are my faves <3

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    • Paris B says

      March 7, 2017 at 9:13 am

      What an interesting range of scent choices Joanne! I didn’t expect Dark Amber & Ginger Lily to come after Earl Grey & cucumber haha! 😀

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  4. ML Chan says

    March 6, 2017 at 8:47 am

    “Parissss…. buy meeeeee….”

    Why did I see Hannibal Lecter as I was reading that sentence…? LOL!

    Huge Blackberry & Bay fan… and on more decadent days, something from the Rare Teas collection. But at those prices… OUCH!

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    • Paris B says

      March 7, 2017 at 9:16 am

      haha you watch too much TV? 😉 Ooh Rare Teas! I have to smell them properly. I’m not a tea drinker but I’ve since accepted I don’t mind smelling a little of tea

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  5. Bryan says

    April 14, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    I am a big fan of Jo Malone and lately I am eyeing Shay & Blue, the Salt Caramel sounds interesting.

    Gonna get the 30ml and give it a try 🙂

    https://www.shayandblue.com/salt-caramel-fragrance-30ml.html

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    • Paris B says

      April 17, 2017 at 11:20 am

      I love the packaging!! Thanks for telling me about this one Bryan

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  6. Nana says

    April 7, 2018 at 3:50 pm

    do you know how much the range of their diffuser costs? I really want to try the diffuser

    Reply

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