by Cassandra Hall | May 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
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 found myself at Trinity College, Dublin University, in October 1981, knowing precisely no-one, and wondering how to ‘be’....
by Jonathan Hall | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
SIESTA By Jonathan Twenty kilometres away from our village is the small town of Ador where, in 2015, the mayor enshrined in law its citizens’ right to their traditional afternoon zizz – the siesta. Everything in the town closes between 2pm and 5pm and all noise...
by Cassandra Hall | Jun 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
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 – 40º in early May! Cassandra’s blog with Jonathan’s comments in manly blue and Cass’s rebuttals in ladylike pink Very lucky for...
by Cassandra Hall | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
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 winter (it’s not all flip-flops and shorts, believe me)… Cassandra’s blog with Jonathan’s comments in manly blue and...
by Cassandra Hall | May 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
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 not my fault – some things are just WRONG. Oh. Cassandra’s blog with Jonathan’s comments in manly blue and Cassandra’s rebuttals...
by Jonathan Hall | Mar 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the challenges of our La Montaña business, something that exercises us and has us endlessly poring over the results from focus groups and marketing experts… oh, who am I kidding?! One of the funnest things with La Montaña, after coming up with the fragrances...
