Penhaligon's - Portraits - The Inimitable William Penhaligon Sonderseite_Tinte Bois d'Ascèse by Naomi Goodsir

Bois d'Ascèse by Naomi Goodsir evokes the self-imposed solitude of a nighttime campfire somewhere in the mountains

there are – apart from the aforementioned bathroom – a surprising number of other connections between diptyque and this brief period around the turn of the century: the swan

The animalistic power of precious black oud from India embraces the sweetness of vanilla pods

Verantwortung und Weisheit steht

the indigenous people of Yosemite Valley

Penhaligon's - Portraits - The Inimitable William Penhaligon Sonderseite_Tinte Bois d'Ascèse by Naomi GoodsirWhen Mr Penhaligon created his first eau de cologne (for the royal family and the nobility), he had settled in Mayfair (the centre of Old World culture). Our revered Queen Victoria and the Shah of Persia soon wore his fragrance, and the request for appointment as royal purveyor was quickly granted by the royal court. The year was 1870, and the world was just discovering what would one day be his legacy. All of this is true. Once upon a time, there was