Niche line BeauFort London has launched Terror & Magnificence, the third fragrance in the Revenants series (see Iron Duke and Rake & Ruin).
Revenants Vol III – Terror & Magnificence takes its inspiration from the works of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661- 1736) whose foreboding structures puncture London’s landscape.
Hawksmoor – referred to as ‘the Devil’s architect’ – continues to provoke interest for his distinctive churches, which introduced elements of Egyptology into traditional ecclesiastical settings. These curious architectural details and his recent reputation as a Freemason has prompted speculation that occult symbolism influenced his methods, and imbued his designs with an inherent ‘terror and magnificence’.
By contrasting darkness with invigorating complexity, perfumer Pia Long has combined a vivid olfactory impression of the man, his works and his myth. Accords of Somalian Incense, dry woods and wet stone meld with opium smoke, papyrus and kyphi, underpinned by a base of Haitian Vetiver, Labdanum, Benzoin and Myrrh resins. As perfumer Pia Long comments “the fragrance we created feels like it has always existed, as though we’ve conjured a myth into being from the ether”
BeauFort London Terror & Magnificence is available in 50 ml Eau de Parfum, £115.
(via beaufortlondon)
I am very curious about these because I read that the nose behind the company likes birch tar and this note plays a part in most of the fragrances. Someone described them as unrefined but that is quite all right by me. P.S. Never put unadulterated birch tar essential oil on your person. It will not come off and is super strong.
Thanks for the warning!
That is a very handsome bottle, too.