Penhaligon's will add two more fragrances to the Anthology collection next month, Eau de Cologne and Orange Blosssom. The Anthology series, which highlights fragrances from the Penhaligon's back catalog, debuted last year with Extract of Limes, Eau de Verveine, Gardenia and Night Scented Stock.
Eau de Cologne ~ a refined citrus cologne with powdered orange peel and neroli, originally launched in 1927.
Orange Blossom ~ a 1976 fragrance with neroli, violet leaves, bergamot, cedrat, cardamom, pink pepper, orange, jasmine, tuberose, rose, peach blossom, orchid, sandalwood, cedar, white musk and vanilla.
Penhaligon's Eau de Cologne and Orange Blossom will be available in 100 ml Eau de Toilette. (via vogue.fr)
Are these another Bertrand D production or a remake of existing formulae?
Well, the original 4 were both: remakes done by Bertand Duchaufour. Do not know if he had a hand in these 2 as well.
Oh, Orange Blossom sound right up my valley! I could even “get” them (looking over to Flittersniffer).
Guess they are a Duchaufour remake, or?
Don’t know.
On the one hand, I love orange blossom. On the other hand, I’m not sure that I’ve gotten over the horror of Extract of Limes on me (imagine cheap green candy and Windex)
Oops, obviously we felt differently about the Lime! But thanks for the sample! Note: don’t *ever* try Smell Bent Blimey Limey.
lol – that’s why I sent it to you – you’re my evil scent twin, which is why you got the Bond Little Italy that smelled like cat pee on me!
Well, I’m not *exactly* your EST. We both like lots of the same things, too.
That’s true – probably only my citrus EST.
I know people were very excited about this collection, but I’ve liked the newer Penhaligon’s things much better than any of their older scents.
Yep. I adore Elixir and Amaranthine. I’d try these, especially the Orange Blossom, but have fallen very hard for their newest creations.
If they are by Duchaufour, I will try them!
I have an old sample of the original Extract of Limes that I compared with the new release several months ago. The original is so much nicer although it has poor lasting power. Overall, the new release smells “cheaper”. It’s a shame.
Blimey Limey gave me a headache, perhaps because it is an oil? There is also something I don’t like in the base.
In fact, I wanted to ask if anyone knows what base(s) companies like Demeter and Tauer use? I get a whiff of plastic when I wear their fragrances. That is a shame too because otherwise I love Rose Chypre.
Oof. This line is getting big. Extract of Lime is good (pretty much what it sounds like). Did anyone get to smell the Night-Scented Stock or Gardenia?
Also, I don’t think BD is their house perfumer, just does work for them sometimes, no?
I got samples of the Verveine and the Night Scented Stock. V was rather awful on me, but the NSS was quite nice. Summer was over by the time I got it, though, so I gave it a single sniff and moved on. Once it warms up, I’ll be pulling it back out for another try.
Yes, you are right, on both. But it is good they get big, it means they continue. Depends on the quality of the scents, and as long as they are not manufactered by Coty or P&G… they aren’t, or?! (do not scare me!)
No, not their house perfumer.
The orange blossom sounds lovely, except for the tuberose, but perhaps that’s subdued by the other ingredients? Tuberose and I do not play nicely together… I wish Penhaligon scents were easier to find here!
Seriously doubt it is strong in that scent…
I do like orange blossom…..don’t really get excited about Penhaligon’s except for Amaranthighs —which seemed a little off their beaten path to me. ooooo think I’ll have a spritz of the Thigh right now….
I think since Elixir, they’ve been sort of switching gears from “traditional English” to “modern niche”. That might be why I don’t get too excited about the Anthology scents, although I do hear they’re nice.
I still need to try the danged Elixir.
D, I thought you kind of lurved Lily & Spice? Or has it been banished to perfume bottle purgatory? I should get myself a decant of that and Bluebell from you.
Joe – I have samples of Lily & Spice and Bluebell if you’re interested…
Thanks, V. I do have samples (from Ms. D), but am thinking decants would be nice… at least of Lily & Spice.
Those bows are weird. I know some think their bottles with the grosgrain bows are a little frou-frou, but what’s up with these?! Not sure it’s an improvement.
They’ve used that bow on all the Anthology scents so far. Wonder how it holds up over time…
I think they’re faintly ridiculous.
I still have a few bows from years ago (I kept some that were a bit wonky and couldn’t be used). They were rather nice, but a real pain to adjust around the necks of the bottles. I don’t know how these are fixed.
I wonder if many people just take them off.
They sort of look like little aeroplanes, like the bottles are going to take off.
When I worked for the company in 1979-80, of the fragrances mentioned above, only Night Scented Stock was being made. I’m afraid I hated it as much as I did Bluebell and always tried to get out of filling bottles with it.
So Orange Blossom got discontinued between its launch in 1976 and 1979. Wonder why.
Was the line about the same size then as now?
Personally I really like Penhaligon’s scents (I have thirteen of them after all which is normally a good indicator).
Of the Anthology Series so far released, the company have tried to be as faithful as possible to the original formulae as possible, as all the original formulation recipes are still owned by the company. Where possible they have tried to adhere to these, but with some of the restrictions now in place of some kinds of ingredients there has had to be some substitution.
My favourites of the existing four are Eau de Verveine which is like a slightly warmer and more floral Blenheim Bouquet which is fairly unisex. Night Scented Stock I think is beautiful and again can be warn by a man as it is a rich musky floral. Extract Of Limes starts out very fresh but dries down to a lovely creamy, powdery scent which never quite loses it’s citrus edge. Gardenia I don’t think can be worn by a man as it is a bright, very feminine floral.
The release I am looking forward to is a new male fragrance which is mooted for release towards the end of the year. Their last more male oriented fragrance was Elixir, which is spectacular in my opinion.
We agree on Elixir — I do think it’s wonderful! Looking forward to the next one.