Grossmith Fragrances
The House of Grossmith has a remarkable pedigree being one of a coterie of influential English and French perfumeries including Guerlain, Creed, Penhaligon’s and Floris who followed in the footsteps of the old and well established houses of Lubin and Houbigant. Now firmly back in family ownership Grossmith has relaunched three scents from its range of classic English perfumes, remastered from original formulae and packaging designs. Baccarat crystal was used by the company for the “Serie de Luxe” range of 1920. Grossmith has approval from Maison Baccarat to re-use the original moulds from 1919 for a new Grossmith Baccarat Presentation. This celebrates the relaunch of the brand, underpinning the quality and exclusiveness of Grossmith fine fragrance.
Grossmith is one of England’s oldest perfume houses having been founded in the City of London in 1835 by John Grossmith. Grossmith had a reputation for producing beautiful perfumes using natural ingredients imported from Grasse and Baccarat crystal for perfume bottles. At the Great Exhibition in 1851 J. Grossmith & Son was the only English company to win a prize medal for perfumery. The business was family run for three generations until 1924. It went out of family ownership in 1970 and ceased trading completely around 1980. Having been out of family ownership for 30 years Grossmith is now owned by Simon Brooke, the great great grandson of the founder, John Grossmith.
Using the original formulae from hand-written books rescued in 1940 from the original Grossmith premises in Newgate Street, London, the three fragrances have been remastered for the modern world and have all been made without reference to cost and using natural materials wherever possible. |
