Beaufort London's Come Hell or High Water discovery set features refillable 7.5 ml travel sprays of all five fragrances in the Come Hell or High Water series (1805 Tonnerre, Coeur De Noir, Vi et Armis aka East India, Lignum Vitae and Fathom V) neatly done up in an oil-tanned leather roll. $150 at Twisted Lily in the US or £95 at Bloom Perfumery in the UK.
BeauFort London kicks off a new series, Revenants, with Iron Duke, a metallic woody fragrance inspired by the 1st Duke of Wellington…
There’s nothing like smelling pungent, spicy, late-winter flowers in a cool and damp atmosphere. Right now, the inside of my poorly insulated house (here’s to fresh air, wool sweaters and good health!) smells of the sweet box blossoms growing outside, and my front porch has a fragrance powerhouse in bloom — Edgeworthia. Plum blossoms are starting to open along the lake road I take into work each day…talk about flower-power, visual and scent-ual. Though it’s officially still winter, I’m smelling “green” all around me.
My first experience with the BeauFort London Come Hell or High Water collection was not a success, but by chance, Fathom V (another member of the Come Hell or High Water quintet) found me, and I’m glad it did — it’s a perfect cologne for the chilled, wet and perfumed springs we enjoy in Seattle…
In the last year, one of my favorite pastry shops has become addicted to almond extract. They put it in short bread, pound cakes, croissants, brioche, pear tarts, financiers, you name it! Almond extract tastes cheap, and cheapens all it touches (one man’s opinion). It also makes the above listed breads and desserts taste the same. Someone at BeauFort London loves “smoke” as much as my old bakery loves almond extract. And smoke, or at least the powerful smoke note BeauFort London apparently adores and craves, dominates BeauFort’s perfume compositions and makes them all smell alike…