Beach Walk, Rye, 2018

Having first been introduced to Replica last year after mine and Joe’s dreamy Cornwall trip (the brand kindly sent over their Beach Walk fragrance as a souvenir from the trip, which can be customised too)- it was no time before I garnered a real collection of their scents, with my favourites being Lazy Sunday Morning, At The Barber’s and of course, Beach Walk. With all fragrances modelled around familiar and nostalgic memories, for me they truly bring home what’s important about scent- the time pockets it can dust off, and the magic of transportation to a certain time and place. Perfumes to me are a bit like clothes- I’m very good at remembering where I was and what I was doing when I wore a certain something (hence why my wardrobe is probably so big), and being able to be thrown back by just re-wearing something- be it a smell, or dress- always feels quite sentimental and special.

Anyway, our afternoon was spent windswept on the beach attempting (read: laughing whilst doing) yoga, before heading back to the hotel for dinner and a mini festival experience too. I felt so lucky to be here with some of my favourite women in the industry (a northerner in a southerners body is my new description) and I felt truly lucky to be surrounded by some seriously good eggs. On top of that, The Gallivant is somewhere that had been on my ‘seaside stays’ list for a while, and I feel very fortunate that I got to tick it off. It’s perfectly nestled behind the dunes and alongside the sea- and know it would be the perfect bolt hole for any U.K seaside breaks in the future- next time I’m hoping to go back with Maggie and Joe too!

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