After 50 years I have finally given up smoking... and it's transformed my life in the most surprising way: ALEXANDRA SHULMAN
Rushing to my local garage the other day to fix an urgent tyre issue, I was met by the rich, heavy scent of the mechanic who came to help.
Not petrol, diesel or oil, but, it turned out, the ambergris, jasmine and cedar scent he always wears. Maison Francis Kurkdjian, to be precise, which he buys from Selfridges at £480 a bottle.
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