GT COVER STORY: Marmalade of London
A sense of
well-being The dedicated Marmalade of London team used the time during lockdown wisely to help create several new collections to complement their existing Marmalade home range, as well as continuing to develop their environmental initiatives. Gifts Today spoke to owners Piers and Helen Flook about the new ranges and the steps they’ve taken to promote well-being and the environment. It has been a crazy couple of years presented in coloured glass that will glow with a comforting ambience as it burns and releases the but you haven’t stopped. What new ranges are you releasing this scents our expert perfumer has skilfully created. season? It has been a busy lockdown for us and the fantastic team of dedicated staff at Marmalade of London. This winter there are three completely new collections to complement the ever-popular Marmalade home range. We’re launching Marmalade Well-being, Marmalade Mosney Mill Autumn/Winter and the very exciting, Marmalade Refillable collection.
Self-care and well-being have become important pursuits to many people during the pandemic, and your Marmalade Wellbeing collection taps into that. Tell us more about the range? The Marmalade Wellbeing collection has three fragrances Calm, Balance and Energise. The three fragrances all come in a 30Cl luxury glass candle, 200ml Reed Diffuser and 10ml refresher/ burner oil. Our candles are hand-poured in the UK and made of natural 100% soy wax with cotton wicks. The collection is beautifully 12 Gifts Today
“Our motivation for the Marmalade Wellbeing collection was the pandemic and the long period of lockdown”
Our diffusers and refresher oils are also handpoured and presented in coloured glass. Calm is designed to calm your mind with our soothing and relaxing blend of essential oils with top notes of Bergamot and chamomile. There are also middle notes of Lavender and ylang-ylang, plus base notes of sandalwood and amber. Balance is a restorative blend of essential oils with top notes of White flowers and cassis. Middle notes of violet and eucalyptus and base notes of cedar wood and vanilla.
While Energise is our recharging blend of essential oils with top notes of mandarin and lemon, middle notes of cardamom and geranium and lovely base notes of patchouli and oakmoss.
What was the motivation behind the Marmalade Wellbeing collection? Our motivation for the Marmalade Wellbeing collection was the pandemic and the long period of lockdown. Helen and I both had Covid in March 2020 and it was a grim time. We were both ill for over 6 weeks and the post viral was horrible. We felt it was a time for people to start taking better care of their well-being.
Your collaboration with Emma at Mosney Mill continues with the new Autumn/Winter ranges, what makes this partnership work so well? We work well together with Emma. The illustrations and fragrances are created harmoniously through dozens of zoom and telephone calls. Not all creative people work well together but our relationship does and continues to go from strength-to-strength. We are looking forward to launching the Marmalade Mosney