155 years of Penhaligon's: Eau so British

After 155 years of fine fragrances graced by Four royal warrants Penhaligon’s surges onward, cherishing its heritage while pursuing the new.

This most British fragrance house is now a worldwide player, thanks to the vision of William Penhaligon, a man beyond his time. An innovator in pampering, a purveyor of fine fragrances, and an artist in elevating the everyday to the transcendent. William was a trailblazer and pathed the way for the creative british spirit in fragrance creation.

From just one revolutionary shop on Jermyn Street, Penhaligon’s now enthralls noses with 43 scents — and true to our maverick founder, we look ever forward to creating the finest British fragrances of the future.

That isn’t to say the past is lost on Penhaligon’s. Our history is what makes us who we are today, and we are forever keen to champion tomorrow’s innovators as well as the past’s. So, we make it our mission to promote British craftsmanship by shining a spotlight on young artistry and offer a wealth of support to help their creativity flourish. Celebrating craft is built into our DNA, after all: where would be if William Penhaligon’s pioneering spirit hadn’t shone with creativity?

Penhaligon’s has developed a fine line in other perfumed pursuits: a bath and body collection to make bath time a sybarite ritual of scent layering, and candles to make your home smell as elegant as an English manor. As the new year blooms like a gossamer cloud of perfume, expect fragrant festivities throughout the months to celebrate the most redolent moments of our founder’s story,and the fragrances he con

This is the story of a man who conjured dreams and possibilities through the power of perfume.

Fragrances that connect

the past and present.

Perfume that sailed through the years from William Penhaligon’s first shop in Victorian London, delighting seekers and sensualists with a message from the past to the future: perfume is alchemy, transforming prose to poetry as skin becomes scent.

A passage of time and scent. Burnished by history, gilded with pleasure,

for rebels of the future.

Available from: skins.co.za