Shay & Blue: Watermelons

As you'll probably already know I'm a huge Shay & Blue fan having bought my first bottle of Atropa Belladonna blind after having read The Sunday Girl's fab review (I'm now on my second bottle). See my review here. I went onto buy the mini set - see my thoughts here which led me to a full size bottle of Salt Caramel (well..my friend Julie gave me it in our birthday swap).

I've been testing out the delicious and fruity Watermelons (30ml - £30)* which is the perfect summer scent.  It also featured in my The Holiday Edit last week.

It opens with a juicy hit of the freshest Watermelon along with Green Mandarin, with heart notes of honeysuckle and green tea which gives body. Clipped vetivert grasses give depth and contrast.

The scent was created in 2015 by Perfumer, Julie Massé and Founder, Dom de Vetta.  I think it's the perfect summer scent and recently I've been wearing it all the time. I think it is easy to take from daytime wearing to summer evenings as although fruity and fresh it has an added depth to it.  Love!

What's your favourite Shay & Blue scent?

*PR sample

Shay and Blue - Atropa Belladonna Natural Spray

I recently treated myself to a gorgeous Shay & Blue perfume - Atropa Belladonna. I smelt it blind having first read about it on The Sunday Girl blog and fell in love with the sound of it. 

Packaging is super luxe. My order also included a brochure which tells you about the brand and the other perfumes and candles available.

Dom De Vetta founded Shay & Blue in 2012 having previous been ex-Senior Vice President of Chanel and former Global General Manager of Jo Malone London. Julie Massé is the Perfumer and together they have created perfumes which are "deliciously decadent, daringly different".

You can buy the Shay & Blue range online or instore at 30 York Street, Old Marylebone, London as well as from a range of department stores see here.

The perfumes are created using real flowers, fruits and spices. These are hand harvested, weighed and distilled with passion, care and attention to detail.

Atropa Belladonna Natural Spray (30ml - £30) Atropa Belladonna is Italian for "beautiful Lady" and it is also known as poisonous deadly nightshade.  It contains dark cassis berries, white flower blooms of narcissus and jasmine with a base of bourbon vanilla and patchouli.  It is quite simply one of the nicest scents I own! It is fruity, slightly floral, heady and sweet. You can also buy it in 100ml - £55 and as a candle 140g - £35.

Other scents - Blood Oranges, Amber Rose, Sicilian Lime, Suffolk Lavender, Almond Cucumber and Oud Alif. You can also buy samples which are great try-before-you-buy testers - see here. There are also some enticing gift sets available - see here.

See the website here

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