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  • How To Choose Perfume - Bon Parfumeur

    March 04 2024 – Mercantile London

    How To Choose Perfume - Bon Parfumeur

      Bon Parfumeur is a niche perfume house that offers clean, genderless and eco-responsible fragrances. Created and made with local suppliers in France (the design begins in Paris, the juice is from Grasse, the bottle from Normandie, and production is in Chartres)  local manufacturing allows the brand to minimise transportation costs while fully valuing French fragrance know-how. Even though the...

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  • Everyday Rituals

    February 24 2024 – Mercantile London

    Everyday Rituals

      Often overlooked, bar soap may not at first glance seem that exciting, but many well-being and apothecary brands are taking on the challenge to elevate this every day essential into a chance for a little self-care, and the ultimate relaxation. Dook (meaning to submerge) is an award-winning artisanal company based in Edinburgh, who have elevated the humble bar of...

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  • Wellness Advice With Lab Tonica

    January 23 2024 – Mercantile London

    Wellness Advice With Lab Tonica

      Lab Tonica is a contemporary wellness brand which aims to take herbal remedies out of the cupboard and onto the cosmetic shelf. Encompassing a perfect alchemy of design, ancient recipes, scientific methods and accessible formats, Lab Tonica brings the healing power of plants to a new, modern audience. Every sip of the brands tea, smudge of balm, drop of...

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  • Back To Basics

    December 26 2023 – Mercantile London

    Back To Basics

      After the excess of the Christmas season, it always seems relevant to return to a back to basics approach, wanting to refresh what we currently have in our wardrobes and questioning the longevity of future purchases. With this in mind (and one eye on warmer days) we have a quick round up of three styles from one of our...

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  • Considered Christmas Gift Guide // Well-Being

    November 15 2023 – Mercantile London

    Considered Christmas Gift Guide // Well-Being

      As with our year round approach to curation, this Christmas we are choosing to encourage slow and considered gift giving. Below we begin our Considered Gift Edits with the idea of gifting 'a moment of calm'. These well-being suggestions are from small, creative companies that will help to create a soothing mood at home or the office with scent...

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  • New To Store

    October 24 2023 – Mercantile London

    New To Store

      From a new generation taking the design lead in a Scandinavian jewellery brand, a sustainable candle company celebrating Irish design with twenty years of small batch production, to a family business drawing on their Basque heritage to produce hardwearing rainwear, these are just three of the new brands that have been selected for the Autumn Winter season here at...

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  • The Local //  Damson Madder

    September 05 2023 – Mercantile London

    The Local // Damson Madder

      London based brand Damson Madder believes that you shouldn't have to choose between your wardrobe and the environment. That’s why they have put sustainability and transparency at the core of everything they do. Their aim is to ensure that every garment they make features as many sustainable attributes as possible. Damson’s aim is to be as open about the...

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  • New Season Inspiration // The Royal Tenenbaums

    August 08 2023 – Mercantile London

    New Season Inspiration // The Royal Tenenbaums

      AUTUMN WINTER 2023 Baum Und Pferdgarten Inspired by Wes Anderson’s film The Royal Tenenbaums, the Baum Und Pferdgarten Autumn Winter 2023 collection explores the iconic style of each character. The film has delivered styling inspiration that is now timeless, such as Margot Tenenbaum’s mink colour coat and tennis dress combination, Chas Tenenbaum’s red tracksuit and Richie Tenenbaum’s tennis-wear-made-formal look....

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  • Slowing Down // Gone to the Beach

    July 21 2023 – Mercantile London

    Slowing Down // Gone to the Beach

      Born of the love for the expansive skies and generous shoreline of the British coast, brands have been inspired by carefree summer days immersed in the unmistakably British landscape: roaming the dunes, splashing in the shallows and collecting samphire, sun-kissed skin, the salty breeze, and relaxing lunches in the shade. When it comes to art of slowing down, nothing...

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  • New Brand // Fragrance Tips From Maison Matine

    July 04 2023 – Mercantile London

    New Brand // Fragrance Tips From Maison Matine

      Maison Matine, are a fragrance brand created by a new generation of committed French perfumers and new to the Mercantile this summer. Maison declare it's time for "no more opulence and sexism, now it's time for simplicity and diversity" in fragrance. They are a brand in search of independence from the traditional world of perfume and have a strong...

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