It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday, so if you’re looking for the perfect gift, or you need to share a few handy hinters to your nearest and dearest, look no further than Brooke & Shoals. Founded by Alison Banton in Greystones in Co Wicklow, Alison’s passion for fragrance was inspired by the aromas of the petals she picked as a child in her great-aunt Mollie’s circular rose garden. Mollie used to say the ‘babbling brook and the whispering shoals’ would help her turn Alison’s rose petals into perfume. But overnight, the kind old lady would add real perfume to the little girl’s watery mixture; fooling her into thinking she had created the wonderful aroma.

‘My great-aunt and the mysterious brook and shoals awakened my interest in perfumes, so I added an ‘e’ and turned it into a name that has wonderful fragrance memories for me’.

Alison decided to create her own range of candles that were superior to other Irish made candles on the market. Her vision was simple, high quality, divine fragrances, natural wax, beautiful packaging and Irish made. Her customers loved them. She built on her experience of fragrance by going to Grasse in the South of France, the capital of fragrance, to study it in more detail and gather new inspiration.

Originally, Alison’s wonderful fragranced candles were sold only in her own shop in Greystones, however, as the brand became popular and demand increased, you will now find the Brooke and Shoals natural wax candles, home fragrance diffusers and natural body products in good stores throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.

We have €120 worth of Brooke & Shoals goodies to give away to one lucky SHEmazing! fan. To be in with a chance to win, just fill in your details below. Good luck x