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With its gingerbread-scented perfume, Avon just released the ideal festive scent. It’s a great, affordable substitute for Jo Malone’s Ginger Biscuit, which costs almost £100 less.

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The festive season is all about those warm, cosy and inviting scents, and there’s no reason the same shouldn’t apply to your perfume. A rich and spicy fragrance is a must for the Christmas season, and we might have just found the perfect one to add to your perfume collection.

Ginger Blaze, one of Avon’s newest scents, joins Bamboozie Cocktail, Choco Tuberose, and Peppery Peaches in the company’s Perfect Nonsense fragrance line. If you’ve been wanting to buy Jo Malone’s London Ginger Biscuit Cologne but aren’t quite ready to spend the money, it’s also a great alternative.

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The Avon Ginger Blaze costs only £13 for 50ml compared to Jo Malone’s cologne, which costs just £128 for a 100ml bottle. If you bought two bottles, which would be a whopping £102 less than Jo Malone, the bottle would only cost you £26.

The Avon scent was created by combining ingredients that shouldn’t necessarily work together, which eventually gives off a distinctive, spicy scent without smelling like a candle. For an unexpectedly excellent pairing, it combines the sharp warmth of ginger with earthy, calming hay notes.

Avon also provides a bundle that bundles the scents together, which help layer the scent up and make it last longer. Both products come in the same scent. It’s simple to purchase the Ginger Blaze online or through Avon representatives.

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Prada’s Infusion de Gingembre Eau de Parfum, which costs £120 less than its current £150 price at Boots, combines ginger and musks for a deep, earthy scent. Other great spicy scents for the holidays include this. Another splurge is Goldfield &amp’s Banks Ingenious Ginger Eau de Parfum, which has notes of ginger, vanilla, and jasmine and retails for £140 on LookFantastic.

For a more affordable pick, Marks & Spencer’s Warmth Eau de Parfum is just £12 for 50ml, with notes of cardamom, cinnamon, cedarwood and sandalwood. One reviewer said: “Lovely fragrance, very similar to a far more expensive La Labo one. This doesn’t last quite as long but at this price point you can spray with gay abandon.”

Ginger Blaze, on the other hand, has yet to garner any positive reviews because it is a relatively new launch. However, other Avon fragrances have received praise for their long-lasting qualities, with one customer describing the Perfect Nonsense Choco Tuberose Eau de Parfum as “I love the scent of this perfume. It is very long lasting.

Another person described this perfume as gorgeous. It is a big selling point because it lasts longer than many other designer perfumes on me. My new go-to perfume is a beautiful scent, too! I’ll be re-ordering and also trying the other two.

However, one reviewer claimed that because the perfume doesn’t smell expensive, it is appropriate for the price. It has a more conventional, affordable scent.

With his wife Sulina and two dogs, BBC Gardeners’ World expert Adam Frost admits to spoiling their pets a little too much. The couple admit to owning a cat and two dogs.

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The plant-loving spirit of Adam Frost is well known. The Gardeners’ World presenter claimed that while he was “sat in front of a psychiatrist with depression and burnout,” he referred to some of his plants as “old friends” in an interview with Gardens Illustrated about his mental well-being.

However, it has now come to light that the Essex-born garden designer is equally devoted to animals. At his Stamford, Lincolnshire home, Adam and his wife Sulina share their lives with a cat called Ash and two dogs, Isla and Buster.

Adam acknowledges that their pets tend to be groomed. He admitted to The Times that “it gets worse as we get older.”

“With the fuss she makes of them, I don’t think Mrs. Frost would yell at me because she claims she’s probably using them to make a slight child’s substitute.”

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The Frost family’s most recent addition is miniature Jack Russell Buster, with Adam revealing: “To be fair, Buster partly arrived because my 18-year-old son said, “Dear, I think you need to get Mum something to care for,” although he did say “Because she’s doing my head in,” according to Gloucestershire Live.

When Adam films Gardeners’ World segments from his three-acre rural garden, the Frosts frequently outdo the animals. He recalls a time when “Buster decided to relieve himself behind me” during a video production.

He continued, “I didn’t know it had happened,” suggesting that the program’s editing team probably considered whether to add the unanticipated moment to the final broadcast. Ash, Adam’s feline companion, regularly uses box after box of seedlings as makeshift cat beds in the cozy greenhouse.

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Adam revealed that he and Sulina are planning a well-deserved break as their most recent tour is wrapping up. He also mentioned that Mrs. Frost’s holiday fund is benefitted by any profits from his most recent book, For the Love of Plants, so she’s also a very happy lady.

According to Adam, Sulina is “a little scary,” referring to the proverb that “behind every successful man is a strong woman,” and he claimed there is a slight twist in her story.

He remarked, “Every successful man has a strong woman behind her. She is a little scary but more than strong. She is described as a lioness by the children. You end up with Mrs. Frost’s wrath if you offend me or the children. We’re not interested in Mrs. Frost crossing.

Even in the garden, where one might assume Adam would have the final say, Sulina has voiced her own views. While Adam enjoys “gardening for wildlife,” Mrs Frost favours a neater plot.