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WISTERIA
I’ve realised rather late in life that it can take me some time to notice things that are blindingly obvious to others. Cass's Blog with...
FRAGRANCE COMBINING
Be your own perfumer… It’s easy. And fun. Like finger-painting with smells! Fragrance combining isn’t new, but it’s more typically...
MISTELA
I need to give you a good deal of context for this. It’s a new fragrance and it’s an absolute beauty but we would...
AUGUST SUNSET
August's heavenly spectacle I always used to think that summer on our mountain starts on the 1st of June - despite the entertaining local...
OUR GEORGIE
I cannot believe that I am actually writing this blog as a fully-fledged member of the La Montaña team! Georgie's first blog - August 2021...
INTRODUCING JONATHAN
First written in 2014 Finally a chance to write the autobiography that nobody has been clamouring for! In a nutshell, my adult life so far...
INTRODUCING CASSANDRA
First written in 2014 OK, so how did I get here? I was born, I went to school, whatever… I don’t remember thinking about it much until I...
SIESTA
SIESTA By Jonathan Twenty kilometres away from our village is the small town of Ador where, in 2015, the mayor enshrined in law its...
SACRED ROSES (RICH ROSES AND DARK CLOISTERS)
In April of 2014, when normally it would still be a bit parky, we had a burst of summer. Same thing happened this year actually –...
WINTER ORANGES
So here's the festive story of how our Winter Oranges fragrance was born. I’m sitting here in a very chilly phase of Spanish...
GALÁN DE NOCHE
So I think we’ve established that I’m keen on scents. And colours. And I’m a bit fussy about texture, apparently. Let her finish… But it’s...
ALFREDO’S CAFÉ
One of the challenges of our La Montaña business, something that exercises us and has us endlessly poring over the results from focus...