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Welcome to The Group Chat with Lucy Manly, where Australia's most trusted society insider shares the hottest gossip before it makes the news.Smells like failure...
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Smells like failure
It was meant to be their big international moment.
Raquel Bouris and husband Adam - nephew of high-profile silver-fox Mark Bouris - uprooted their young family in January 2025 and relocated to London, declaring they were taking their fragrance brand Who Is Elijah global.
They'd locked in a deal with UK retailer Boots - though, judging by the social media spin, you'd be forgiven for thinking Harrods was on the horizon. The reality is far less glamorous - Boots is the UK's answer to Chemist Warehouse - or as I , 'girl Bunnings', not a luxury beauty destination.
And then, almost as quickly as it began, it was over.
The couple moved to London in January 2025, only to return just nine weeks later
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Raquel Bouris and husband Adam founded Sydney perfume brand Who Is Elijah, which they previously said was a $20million brand
According to CreditorWatch, Who Is Elijah is currently rated an 'impaired risk', with more than a million owed to the taxman and upwards of $280,000 outstanding to suppliers
Just nine weeks later, the family was back on home soil, retreating to their beloved 'God's country' in 's Sutherland Shire. So why was their much-hyped global expansion cut conspicuously short?
Rumours that the company's success was more bluster than reality had been swirling long before the Bourises' homecoming, with industry insiders questioning for years the relentlessly upbeat narrative around their supposedly $20million brand.
Now, those whispers are only getting louder.
According to CreditorWatch, Who Is Elijah is currently rated an 'impaired risk', with more than a million owed to the taxman and upwards of $280,000 outstanding to suppliers.
Adam Bouris was pictured clearing out the company's warehouse on Tuesday
Ruby Adler (pictured) told her Wednesday podcast co-host Melissa Tattum that she plans to remove 80 per cent of her hand tattoos, including those on her engagement hand
Luxe Listings realtor Gavin Rubinstein has been dating Ruby Adler since August last year
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School pickups? Whose kids, Ruby? Unless you're moonlighting as a nanny, it sounds a lot like someone is already imagining domestic life as the future Mrs Gavin Rubinstein - before he's had a chance to get down on one knee.
Whether this is purely an aesthetic decision or a hint at a bigger romantic step with the Luxe Listings agent, one thing's clear: Adler's plans have become the centre of conversation in Sydney's tight-knit eastern suburbs where she's been living since October.
I'll be watching closely to see what happens next, and you'll be the first to know.
Besties back on
It was a celebration of women's health - but all eyes were on an unexpected reunion.
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On Tuesday, the elite of 's wellness world descended upon Bondi Icebergs to celebrate P.E. Nation founder ' new collaboration with supplement brand, Biolae.
It wasn't long before the exclusive event became a backdrop for a social plot twist no one saw coming, as Pip reunited with her former best friend Leah Simmons for the first time since their reported falling out last year.
Guests couldn't help but notice the pair looking every bit like their old selves again, chatting, laughing and sitting side-by-side throughout the event.
Leah even led the applause for Pip after she gave a heartfelt speech about her struggles with perimenopause and how it led her to partner with Biolae.
It's a far cry from where things stood just over a year ago.
Pip Edwards had a shock reunion with former bestie Leah Simmons while attending her collaboration launch with Biolae on Tuesday at Bondi Icebergs (Pip pictured arriving at the event with son Justice)
Leah (left, with friend Gina Karsay) had a reported falling out with Pip after the activewear mogul started dating her ex, Joshua Clapp, in late 2024
The eastern suburbs duo - once inseparable and regularly spotted strutting down Campbell Parade in coordinated activewear - are said to have had a falling out in late 2024 when Pip began .
Pip and Joshua took their romance public just before New Year's, but things had fizzled out for the couple by March 2025.
But the damage was done - with the following month.
It was no wonder the pair's united front at Tuesday's event raised more than a few eyebrows.
Adding to the intrigue was the noticeable absence of Jackie 'O' Henderson - Pip's current ride-or-die, who is often by her side partying at Icebergs.
Partygoers were quick to ask questions, but Pip insisted to Daily Mail that their friendship was very much intact.
As for Leah, it seems time may have healed old wounds.
The pair first met back in 2004 and quickly became inseparable.
Guests couldn't help but notice the pair looking every bit like their old selves again, chatting, laughing and sitting side-by-side throughout the event. Both are pictured at the event. Pip posed with Lana Wilkinson (left), while Leah posed solo (right)
Pip and Joshua took their romance public just before New Year's, but by March 2025 the relationship had quietly fizzled. (Pictured together in February 2025)
The eastern suburbs duo were once inseparable and regularly spotted strutting down Campbell Parade in coordinated activewear (Pictured in 2013)
Leah and Joshua share a teenage son (all pictured)
Adding to the intrigue was the noticeable absence of Jackie 'O' Henderson - Pip's current ride-or-die, who is often by her side partying at Icebergs (Pictured together)
In a 2016 interview with Marie Claire, Leah famously recalled their first encounter: 'My friend told me that I had to meet his new girlfriend to see if she was good enough for him. All I remember was this little punk in a spotted onesie and a rat's tail coming to meet me for lunch - and it was love at first sight.'
'We ditched the boyfriend and have been best friends ever since,' she added.
Pip, for her part, once described them as 'more like twin sisters than friends.'
Additional reporting by Monique Friedlander
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