Decadence in a Bottle...

Over the years, like so many others, I have worn a variety of fragrances. I'm sure we all have memories of our years at University and the associated memories of our ourselves, our friends and those special in our lives and their successful and failed experiments with new fragrances.

Sometimes we are lucky and we find, through experiment or the recommendation of a friend. Other times it is the good sense of a loved one that points us to the fragrance which suits us better than any other.

For me, it was the good sense of my wife, who helped me find my perfect fragrance for these cooler months.

Penhaligon's opened in 1870 as a barber shop in Jermyn Street, London and they have been creating fragrances for men, and later women, ever since. 

Hammam Bouquet was inspired by the scent of the Turkish Baths on Jermyn Street, by William Penhaligon in 1872. Animalistic and golden, it's a warm and mature,

Animalic and golden, it is warm and mature, reminiscent of old books, powdered resins and ancient rooms. At its heart is dusky Turkish rose, with jasmine, woods, musk and powdery orris. Heady and glamorous, Hammam Bouquet is evocative of the Edwardian era of decadence and excess.

Most importantly, it is not what everyone else is wearing. In this day and age of mass marketing and worldwide distribution, it's nice to stand out in the crowd as an individual. And even as old as this fragrance is, it is still very unique today.

I'm very lucky to have found it, and even happier to wear it.

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