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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mirror
Shoppers can snap up Penhaligon's 'rich' £215 scent for £8
'The perfume has a strong smell, I would definitely recommend this and will purchase more as the quality is great' Shoppers can get dad a 'long lasting' luxury scent for less this Father's Day with this handy trick. A bottle of Halfeti by Penhaligon's typically retails at an eye-watering £215 a bottle - but there's a way to get an authentic bottle for £8. The Gentlemen's Fragrance Collection is a £40 gift set containing five 5ml bottles of the brand's best-selling scents for men, making each bottle £8. They are on the smaller side however our team fragrance expert, who wears perfume every single day, insists this set could easily last a few months with regular use and that they're a great way to trial scents before committing to a pricey full-sized bottle. Fragrance discovery sets have definitely been more popular lately, with fragrances reacting to each person's skin differently it's a great way to figure out if something is a match. Maison Margiela similarly have a Mini Discovery Set with two 7ml bottles of Beach Walk and By the Fireplace for £35 on Sephora. There's also a Tom Ford Signature Mini Discovery Set for £24 at LookFantastic - although each bottle is less than 2ml. Inside the Penhaligon's set are five 5ml bottles of the brand's iconic scents. Shoppers can find: Quercus (Top notes are Amalfi Lemon, Lime, Bergamot and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Lily-of-the-Valley, Jasmine and Cardamom; base notes are Oakmoss, Musk, Galbanum, Sandalwood and Amber) Blenheim Bouquet (Top note is lemon, middle note is Lavender and base note is Pine) Endymion (Top notes are Lavender, Bergamot, Sage and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Coffee and Geranium; base notes are Leather, Sandalwood, Cardamon, Myrhh, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Musk, Incense, Vetiver and Olibanum) Halfeti (Top notes are Cypress Leaf, Saffron, Cardamom, Artemisia, Bergamot and Grapefruit; middle notes are Bulgarian Rose, Nutmeg and Jasmine; base notes are Agarwood (Oud), Cedar, Leather, Sandalwood, Amber, Tonka Bean, Vanilla and Musk) Juniper Sling (Top notes are Juniper Berries, Orange, Angelica and Cinnamon; middle notes are Pepper, Cardamom, Leather and Orris Root; base notes are Vetiver, Sugar, Cherry and Amber) Halfeti is the brand's best-seller in this set and has an average rating of 4.7 out of five over on the Penhaligon's website. One shopper said: "This fragrance might not be everyone's cup of tea but I absolutely love it. Its spicy and long lasting and my favourite from the brand. Always receive compliments when wearing it. I would suggest to get a sample first and try it out before buying a full bottle." A second wrote: "Love the smell it lasts for ever. Lovely strong smell makes me feel the rich haha. The perfume has a strong smell I would definitely recommend this and will purchase more as the quality is great. Great as gift for loves one." A third wasn't too impressed, saying: "It is a very strong perfume and a couple of squirts on my wrists lasted all day. It has a musky, oriental aroma and although I do like it, I think for me personally, it is better suited as a winter perfume." A fourth added: "This is a beautiful very high end perfume. I absolutely love this brand. So elegant and classy. A little bit of any of these perfumes really does go a long way! I would highly recommend this perfume. It's stunning."
Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Grab Penhaligon's royal-scented perfumes for £10 each in special online offer
The Penhaligon's Ladies' Fragrance Collection features five bottles of the brand's most celebrated scents - and they're currently on sale for just £10 each Perfume aficionados are swarming to snag the Ladies' Fragrance Collection from Penhaligon's at a bargain. These luxe aromas typically carry a price tag of £215 each, but currently they're up for grabs at just £10 per bottle in this exquisite set. Retailing at £50, this collection offers five 5ml editions of Penhaligon's most iconic scents. As someone who adores fragrance and wears it religiously, even to bed, I reckon this set could last a keen user approximately two months. It's not only Penhaligon's getting in on the miniature trend; Maison Margiela has launched a duo of 7ml bottles in their Replica range for £35 at Sephora, with Charlotte Tilbury also packaging three travel-sized perfumes from their Scent of Emotions line for £48. The assortment in the Ladies' Fragrance Collection includes: The Favourite (Top notes are Violet, Freesia and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Mimosa, Iris and Jasmine Sambac; base notes are Musk, Ambroxan and Sandalwood) Elisabethan Rose (Top notes are Hazelnut, Tangerine, Almond and Cinnamon; middle notes are May Rose, Rose Oil, Rose, Black Currant, Geranium, Red Lily and Plum; base notes are Musk, Woody Notes, Violet, Vetiver and Orris Root) Empressa (Top notes are Blood Orange, Peach, Bergamot, Mandarin Orange and Pink Pepper; middle notes are Rose, Dewberry, Cassis, Neroli and Geranium; base notes are Patchouli, Brown sugar, Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Amber, Cacao and Olibanum) Halfeti (Top notes are Cypress Leaf, Saffron, Cardamom, Artemisia, Bergamot and Grapefruit; middle notes are Bulgarian Rose, Nutmeg and Jasmine; base notes are Agarwood (Oud), Cedar, Leather, Sandalwood, Amber, Tonka Bean, Vanilla and Musk) Luna (Top notes are Lemon, Bergamot and Bitter Orange; middle notes are Rose, Juniper Berries and Jasmine; base notes are Musk, Balsam Fir and Ambergris) Customers have been vocal about Halfeti's captivating scent and its remarkable lasting power, granting it an impressive average rating of 4.7 out of 5 on the Penhaligon's website. A thrilled buyer shared: "Love the smell it lasts for ever. Lovely strong smell makes me feel rich haha. The perfume has a strong smell I would definitely recommend this and will purchase more as the quality is great. Great as gift for loves one", reports Essex Live. Another elated customer extolled: "This is a beautiful very high end perfume. I absolutely love this brand. So elegant and classy. A little bit of any of these perfumes really does go a long way! I would highly recommend this perfume. It's stunning." Another enthusiast gushed: "Smells like royalty. Halfeti Eau de Parfum is an exquisite fragrance that captivated my senses from the moment I sprayed it on. The scent is rich and intoxicating, with notes of black rose, saffron, and oud. It evokes a sense of mystery and allure, making it perfect for special occasions or when you want to make a statement. The longevity of Halfeti Eau de Parfum is impressive. It lasts for hours on my skin, gradually revealing different layers of its complex composition. The dry-down is warm and inviting, leaving a lingering trail of elegance." Yet another happy customer remarked: "This fragrance might not be everyone's cup of tea but I absolutely love it. Its spicy and long lasting and my favourite from the brand. Always receive compliments when wearing it. I would suggest to get a sample first and try it out before buying a full bottle." The 5ml bottle in the set serves as a fabulous teaser—it's a hefty sample size that allows for testing whether the perfume meshes well with your skin. If spicy fragrances aren't quite to your taste, the collection boasts a variety of floral scents as well.
The Guardian
12-04-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Perfume brands fighting a ‘lost cause' against cheap dupes, say lawyers
One perfume smells suspiciously like a £355 bottle of Baccarat Rouge 540 eau de parfum. Another, which has notes of grapefruit, rose and Levantine spice, is reminiscent of a £215 bottle of Penhaligon's Halfeti. But unlike those luxury brands, these 'dupe scents' can cost as little as a fiver. As many as half of UK consumers are now thought to have succumbed to the social media craze for cheap perfumes 'inspired by' well-known luxury fragrances. And lawyers now say perfume brands and beauty companies need greater legal protection from rivals who imitate their products. Intellectual property lawyers and chartered trademark attorneys told the Observer that the law must catch up to better protect the original creators of perfumes. Some said they had been contacted by companies seeking advice on how to legally dupe a perfume, while others had received enquiries from luxury brands about how to take legal action against dupe scents. 'Everybody wants to smell good and to have an affordable slice of luxury. However, it comes at the expense of proper artists, because perfume creation is an art,' Mireille Dagger, legal director at Broadfield law firm, told the Observer. 'These companies are riding on the coattails of artists. It's very unfair. It's very hard to create a perfume brand and build it up. It requires expertise, artistic talent, time, energy and investment.' 'There have been no known cases in the UK of any perfume brands being able to trademark their scent – because under UK law, it's a requirement that a trademark be graphically representable,' Dagger said. While perfume manufacturers can trademark their brand names, distinctive labels and unique bottle shapes, none of the lawyers the Observer spoke to believed it would be possible, in practice, to trademark the scent of an original fragrance. A company needs to be able to clearly, precisely and objectively describe what they are protecting with a trademark. 'When it comes to scent, you just can't do that, because scent is subjective. Different people smell different things. It's very hard to consistently reproduce that scent on paper,' added Dagger. 'You're not able to put it in writing.' Equally, a scent cannot usually be patented, said Eloise Harding, a partner in Mishcon de Reya's intellectual property department, because this requires a particular perfume formulation to have an 'inventive step' during its creation. 'I don't think any kind of fragrance is likely to have a sufficient level of inventive step,' she said. A brand owner might not even want to patent its perfume formulation, said Robert Lye, legal director at Gateley. 'The quid pro quo for patent protection is that the patented invention is made public, meaning that anyone would be able to copy the formulation once the patent has expired.' The maximum duration of a patent is 20 years, he added. Some copycat perfume manufacturers are using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS) to break down the complex chemical profiles of expensive perfumes so they can emulate these scents – potentially using cheaper, 'substandard' ingredients, Dagger said. The cheaper imitations are particularly popular on TikTok, where there are thousands of posts with the hashtag #perfumedupe. With the once-inaccessible trade secrets about a perfume's formulation now able to be deduced using GCMS, 'there is no way, legally, for perfumers to protect their work,' said Dagger. She would like to see 'dupe brands being forced to pay royalties to the original brands'. As for the law, 'something creative needs to happen – protection for the fragrance industry is lagging woefully behind beauty and fashion.' The UK fragrance market was estimated to be worth £1.74bn in 2024, and is on track to surpass £2bn by 2029, according to market researchers Mintel. In a recent survey of 1,435 fragrance buyers in the UK, 50% said they had bought a dupe perfume. A third of those surveyed said they would be prepared to buy a dupe fragrance again while 18% of those who had not yet bought one said they would be interested in doing so. 'It is almost a lost cause for perfume brands to defend themselves, if all they are saying is 'we came up with this fragrance first', because I don't think consumers really care about that,' said Dionne Officer, a Mintel research analyst. Admirers of designer perfume brands no longer think they should have to pay through the nose to have access to luxury scents: 'Seeing dupe scents on social media, and knowing influencers are buying them, has made them more acceptable,' she added. Younger consumers in particular are accustomed to seeing fast-fashion brands duplicating independent designers, and are unlikely to feel it is a taboo to openly wear a dupe scent or even give one as a gift. 'Maybe in older generations, it would have been looked down upon, to copy something,' said Officer. 'But younger consumers have grown up in a time of economic instability, where you're praised if you get a bargain – it's seen as quite cool, now.'
