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This week is a truly madcap sniffathon HOPEFULLY encompassing [*takes a

deep breath*] wild seascapes, fragrant ghosts and a notorious rake; a spicy

summer scent to set your senses tingling; a fruity treat based on a perfumer’s

favourite breakfast; a splendiferous peacock strutting its scented stuff; a stunning

sueded rose; perfumes pulled straight from the vegetable patch; Harrods

exclusives to swoon over; a seriously affordable new niche house; a mesmerising

myrrh, and Alice du Parcq’s book pre-order discount code…

AND if all that wasn’t enough, we’re also answering a #listenerprescription for a

jasmine fragrance to remind her of a dance while wearing jasmine garlands.

Phew!

Can we possibly fit it all in without going off-topic? Listen along and find out!

BeauFort London continued: Following on from last week’s fascinating interview

with founder Leo Crabtree, Nicola tries a trio of intriguing scents:

Cape Wrath

‘Cape Wrath Eau De Parfum. Named after the rugged area of coastline on the

most North Westerly tip of Britain, Cape Wrath pulls inspiration from this wild,

treacherous seascape. The remote landmark - named after the old Norse word

for ‘turning point’ has for centuries been used by sailors to safely navigate the

coast of Britain, yet its treacherous waters have claimed countless vessels.

Character: Powerful; wild; windswept

 THE WEARING EXPERIENCE

Top Notes: Pink Pepper, Elemi, Galbanum, Angelica Root
Opens with a blast of

bracing ocean air.

Heart Notes: Frankincense, Mastic, Geranium
Resinous smoke and geranium

add both warmth and austerity.

Base Notes: Ambergris, Vetiver, Ambrette, Seaweed, Oakmoss

Absolute
Mossy oceanic base which powerfully lingers.

Perfumer: Euan McCall

Absent Presence

‘‘O absent presence, Stella is not here’

The fifth and final instalment of the Revenants collection draws inspiration from

the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney. In his Sonnet sequence ‘Astrophel and

Stella’ Sidney develops and captures the essence of a haunting… the presence

of one that is always felt but never seen.

‘Now I, wit-beaten long by hardest fate,

So dull am, that I cannot look into

The ground of this fierce love and lovely hate,

Then some good body tell me how I do,

Whose presence absence, absent presence is;

Blesst in my curse, and cursed in my bliss.’

Comprising the highest level of natural ingredients of any BeauFort fragrance,

Absent Presence explores its themes with typically ‘overdosed’ concentrations of

violet leaf absolute, vetiver bourbon oil, smoky leather and black pepper oil. As

with all the Revenants family, Absent Presence is presented as 30% Eau De

Parfum.

Character: Dark; enveloping; waves.

THE WEARING EXPERIENCE

Top Notes: Bergamot, Galbanum, Pepper
Fresh, green, and fleeting felt but out

of reach.

Heart Notes: Jasmine, Violet
 Jasmine and violet bloom with intensity.

Base Notes: Leather, Sandalwood, Musk, Amber, Cedarwood 
Warm leather,

woods, amber and musk linger like a ghost on the skin, the violet heart returning

in waves.

Perfumer: Julie Dunkley.’

Rake & Ruin

‘Rake & Ruin Eau De Parfum is inspired by the works of satirist William Hogarth,

this fragrance summons his characters from a gin soaked 18th century London.

This debauched Eau De Parfum incorporates the botanical ingredients of gin;

dark woods, civet, musks and amber bringing to life 'all manner of Vice and

Wickedness.’

THE WEARING EXPERIENCE

Top Notes: Angelica, Liquorice, Juniper, Coriander, Szechuan Pepper, Pink

Pepper, Orange, Lemon
Opens with a sharp, gin-like freshness, spiced and

effervescent.

Heart Notes: Cypress, Pine Needles, Castoreum, Labdanum, Cade Oil,