Beaufort London – Terror & Magnificence
Eau de Parfum
Format: 50 ml
Year: 2019
Nose:Pia Long
Olfactory family: leathery
Olfactory pyramid:
- Head: Saffron, Black Pepper, Birch Tar
- Heart: Somali incense, Tobacco absolute, Kyphi accord, Papyrus
- Background: Myrrh Resin, Benzoin Resin, Labdanum Absolute, Vetiver from Haiti, Wet Stone Accord
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Persistence: high
saw: high
Revenants Vol III – Terror & Magnificence draws inspiration from the works of the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661- 1736) whose prophetic structures
penetrate the landscape of London.
Hawksmoor, dubbed 'the devil's architect', has always aroused interest for its characteristic churches, which have introduced elements of Egyptology into traditional settings.
These curious architectural details, together with his reputation as a Freemason, have encouraged the belief that he concealed symbolism in his works, and imbued his drawings with a sort of "terror and magnificence", to be precise.
Contrasting the darkness with an invigorating complexity, the Pia Long nose has combined vivid olfactory traces of the man, his works and his myth.
Accords of Somali incense, dry woods and wet stone mixed with opium smoke, papyrus and kyphi, supported by a base of vetiver from Haiti, labdanum, benzoin and myrrh resins.
Nose Pia Long comments “the fragrance we have created is as if it had always existed, as if we had materialized a myth starting from the ether”. The product packaging brings forth a depiction of Hawksmoor's famous work, Spitalfields Christ Church, east London.