Fragrance - be it man made or natural - offers so many moments of inspiration that in my mind it only makes sense for ready to wear scents to embody the essence, personality and quirks of individuals; if nothing else it adds another facet to an already gripping story. With Jo Malone The Bloomsbury Set that is exactly what you get: five beautiful, sophisticated and multi-dimensional colognes, all of which have been based on a movement of unconventional, free and somewhat rural lifestyle of artists of every calibre and notion.

You may have noticed that over the last few years that each Jo Malone limited edition launch has been beautifully presented within suitably themed bottles, and this collective is no different. Each scent features delicately placed splashes of colour, via what I envisage to be paint-stroke motifs and carefully selected matte, coloured bottle caps.
Over the last few months, I have tried all five of the Jo Malone The Bloomsbury Set Colognes and will openly admit that they aren't all to my taste - what can I say, I am set in my fragrance ways. In my opinion the three stand out scents are: Jo Malone Tobacco and Mandarin - fresh yet oddly sensual and citrus based at the same time. Trust me when I say there is nothing else out there remotely similar and for that reason alone it is well worth seeing what all the fuss is about, and then we have the two that I have in frequent rotation: Jo Malone Leather and Artemisia, and Jo Malone Garden L...