Beaufort London Rake & Ruin EDP 50ml

BeauFort London Rake & Ruin Eau de Parfum is a decadent, satirical fragrance inspired by the visual world of 18th-century artist and social commentator William Hogarth . It evokes his infamous depictions of excess, vice, and moral collapsetransporting the wearer into a gin-soaked London filled with smoke, shadow, and theatrical chaos. This is a fragrance built like a narrative: vivid, unruly, and deliberately provocative. The composition opens with a sharp, effervescent burst of gin-inspired botanicals angelica , juniper , coriander , Szechuan pepper , pink pepper , orange , and lemon . The effect is bright yet spiced, like a fractured citrus spirit laced with herbal bitterness and nervous energy. It immediately sets a tone of intoxication and volatility. At the heart, the fragrance descends into darker territory. Cypress and pine needles create a smoky, resinous woodland feel, while castoreum , labdanum , cade oil , and costus introduce animalic depth and tar-like intensity. Powdery facets of violet and orris soften the edges, adding an unsettling elegancebeauty layered over decay. The base settles into a dense, lingering trail of dark woods , ambrarome , sandalwood , and musk . Animalic and smoky, yet strangely smooth, it leaves behind a seductive but slightly sinister impressionlike embers fading in a deserted tavern after a night of excess. Created as part of BeauFort Londons uncompromising narrative approach, Rake & Ruin transforms perfumery into theatrewhere fragrance becomes character, setting, and moral commentary all at once. Fragrance Notes Top notes: angelica, liquorice, juniper, coriander, Szechuan pepper, pink pepper, orange, lemon Heart notes: cypress, pine needles, castoreum, labdanum, cade oil, costus, violet, orris Base notes: dark woods, ambrarome, sandalwood, musk A bold, theatrical fragrance of gin-soaked vice, smoky woods, and dark historical storytelling.