Warm light, natural stone and several centuries of mining history: what a Himalayan salt lamp really brings to your home, which claims are myths, where the salt comes from and how to choose the right lamp.

How essential oils are made, where ours come from, how to recognise quality and why freshness matters more than quantity. With an infographic on steam distillation and cold pressing.

Oriental Night is a warm oriental laundry fragrance with sandalwood, patchouli and vanilla – a pure concentrate from Grasse, 1 ml per 5 kg of laundry. Where it belongs, how to dose it and why you should try the tester first.

Why the scent is gone by lunchtime and what you can do about it. Preparing your skin, the right places to apply, fragrance on hair and clothes, and storing the bottle properly.

How much fragrance oil is in the bottle and how many hours the scent lasts. The differences between Cologne, EDT, EDP and Extrait, and how to choose the right concentration for you.

Light and fresh in spring and summer, warm and deep in autumn and winter. How the season, the setting and the occasion affect the perfume you should choose.