Penhaligon’s

My husband bought me an expensive bottle of perfume from Penhaligon’s. Although packaged beautifully, the scent was awful. Smelled like an old musty spice drawer. They gave him samples of their other fragrances which I thought were terrible too. Tried to return it. They would not reverse the credit card charge, store credit only. So now I have a $ 100 certificate that is useless. Buyers beware!

«Original scents for discerning eccentrics.» Penhaligon’s first US store. About time, too. Fresh, tobacco-​y, scents for gents and ladies, too. The bottles are old fashioned, unfussy apothecary vessels with gilded labels that evoke British Empire, with scents from the exotic West Indies, Malaya, and East Asia – cardamom, lemongrass, sandalwood, and juniper. I love these scents b/​c they don’t smell of sharp techno thump, razored side burns, and waxed eyebrows on my bloke – I’m just too lazy a girl to appreciate that.
They are soft and subtle, beckoning, and impossible to guess b/​c the natural scents shift with heat and body chemistry unlike the death-​defying chemical steadiness of other colognes.
The staff are sweet, attentive, and love and know the scents so well, they’ll find the original scent for that eccentric in you.
An exquisitely packaged flight of scents makes a beautiful gift to sample some of their most popular scents.
The range of scents is a little mind blowing but be patient and step outside if you need to refresh your sniffer.
Bath and shower gels and lotions are available for women and very high quality shaving creams and lotions for the gents.