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Have you ever wondered what potions the ladies from the Naughty Nineties – that’s the 1890s – used to entice their Victorian swains? Have you ever regretted the era of full-bodied, bodice-ripping fragrances laden with rich, natural essences? Problem solved, thanks to Amanda and Simon Brooke, who revived the venerable English house of Grossmith with the help of the “professeur de parfums” Roja Dove.
Phul-Nana purportedly means “lovely flower” in Hindi. Lovely and floral it is indeed. Originally launched in 1891, the scent straddles the oriental and fougère families, the former lending its powdery, balsamic opulence with base notes of benzoin, sandalwood, opoponax, tonka bean and vanilla, and the latter its cool roundness with a classic fougère structure of bergamot, geranium, coumarin and patchouli. With its opulent heart of orange blossom, tuberose and ylang-ylang, Phul-Nana is also a grand, opulent floral. So we might as well give up on classifying the scent and enjoy our fragrant trip back to the days when Jicky was brand new, Jacques Guerlain was barely out of grade school, and the not-so-prim Victorians were swooning to Sir Richard Burton’s racy translation of the 1001 Nights, doubtless with their noses plunged in handkerchiefs soaked in Phul-Nana...
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Bergamot, orange, neroli, geranium, tuberose, ylang ylang, patchouli, benzoin, cedar, sandalwood, opoponax, tonka bean and vanilla
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