Journal

Trudon Christmas candles in navy constellation boxes with gold detailing, stacked with a Cire Trudon ribbon at Amelie & Frank's in Red Hill

The Collection That Never Comes Back: Trudon at Christmas

Once a year Trudon hands the glass to an artist, then retires it. Why the empty vessels are collected, what the 1745 Bal des Ifs has to do with las...

Lucy Borland, perfume sommelier, holding a bottle as she teaches a fragrance masterclass at Amelie & Frank's, the fragrance wheel on an easel beside her and guests seated at a long table

Extrait, Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette: What the Words Actually Mean

Extrait, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, cologne. Where the words came from, what the percentages actually mean and why more concentrated does not ...

The event space at Amelie & Frank's on the Coverdale vineyard, Red Hill, set for the fragrance masterclass

An Evening of Scent: Inside Our Fragrance Masterclass

A few times each year we open our event space on the Coverdale vineyard for an intimate fragrance masterclass with perfume sommelier Lucy Borland, ...

The Amelie & Frank's boutique at dusk, gold lettering on the black rendered wall beside a lit window on Shoreham Road

Fewer Things, Chosen Well: The Curator's Edit

The philosophy behind Amelie & Frank's, why we curate one hero brand per category and choose fewer things, better.

Christian Kimber seated in the menswear room at Amelie & Frank's in Red Hill, wearing his own tailoring, a jacket and knitted tie on the rail behind him

Made to Measure with Christian Kimber

How made to measure works with Christian Kimber at Amelie & Frank's in Red Hill, from private consultation to a garment cut to your own measure...

A candle under a glass cloche on the counter at Amelie & Frank's, the paper tag still tied to the dome

How to Choose Fragrance as a Gift

A considered guide to choosing fragrance as a gift, from scent families to discovery sets, with help to choose, wrap and send.

ORMAIE Paris bottles on the shelf at Amelie & Frank's, wooden caps in a row

How to Find Your Signature Scent

A guide to niche perfumery and choosing a signature scent, from fragrance families to testing on skin and living with a fragrance across a day.

A shelf of Matiere Premiere bottles at Amelie & Frank's, Encens Suave and Falcon Leather in a row under black caps

Matière Première: Farm to Bottle with Aurélien Guichard

How Matière Première, founded by master perfumer Aurélien Guichard, grows its own raw materials near Grasse to make radically natural fragrance.

P Frapin & Cie on the fragrance shelf at Amelie & Frank's, the carton beside the bottle

Frapin: Twenty Generations on the Same Charente Land

The story of Frapin, a French family house of cognac and fragrance that has worked the same Charente land for twenty generations since 1270.

A Trudon Salta candle under a glass cloche on the counter at Amelie & Frank's, the paper tag still tied to the dome

Trudon: Candlelight Since 1643

The story of Trudon, the Paris candle maker working since 1643, and where to find it in Australia at Amelie & Frank's.

Santa Maria Novella at Amelie & Frank's, the Florentine crest on the label

Santa Maria Novella: Eight Hundred Years of the World's Oldest Pharmacy

The story of Santa Maria Novella, the Florentine apothecary begun in 1221, and how Amelie & Frank's came to be its home on the Mornington Penin...

Candles kept under glass cloches on a dark table in the boutique, lit low

The Oldest Houses in the World, Gathered in Red Hill

How Amelie & Frank's came to represent some of the oldest and most considered houses in the world from a small room in Red Hill.