Terror & Magnificence

EAU DE PARFUM - 50ml

Chapter II

REVENANTS

Terror & Magnificence Eau de Parfum. Contrasting darkness with invigorating complexity, Terror & Magnificence takes its inspiration from the notorious Georgian architect Nicholas Hawksmoor.

Like Hawkesmoor's architechtural creations, Terror & Magnificence tips its cap to Ancient Egypt, combining church incense, candle wax, papyrus and kyphi with a wet stone accord reminiscent of that first downpour in London after a hot summer.

THE WEARING EXPERIENCE

Top Notes: Saffron, Black Pepper, Birch Tar
Both intimidating and beautiful, the fragrance opens with rich kyphi, incense and candle wax, like stepping into a forgotten church.

Heart Notes: Incense, Tobacco Absolute, Kyphi
Warm resinous incense, candle wax and dry woods form the heart.

Base Notes: Myrrh Resin, Benzoin Resin, Labdanum, Vetiver, Wet Stone Accord
Drying to a mineral base, where wet stone, vetiver and resins linger.

Perfumer: Pia Long

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Acetyl Cedrene, Linalool, Pogostemon Cablin Leaf Oil, Pinene, Limonene, Hexadecanolactone, Linalyl Acetate, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Beta-Caryophyllene, Sclareol, Vanillin, Benzyl Benzoate, Alpha-Terpinene, Terpineol, Farnesol, Eugenol, Citral, Camphor, Terpinolene, Geraniol, Geranyl Acetate, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Benzyl Cinnamate, Carvone, Cinnamal, Benzaldehyde, Coumarin, Isoeugenol, Trimethylcyclopentenyl Methylisopentenol, Citronellol.

THE BEAUFORT STORY

Founded in 2013 by musician Leo Crabtree, BeauFort London was informed by early experiences at sea and a very British obsession with the elements. Initially, the brand was a vehicle for only one product: a handmade moustache wax in a billet aluminium case – a response to poorly executed male grooming products. In the space where craft and curiosity collided, BeauFort London discovered its true calling: fragrance as narrative. Fragrance as history. Fragrance as force.

The name itself — BeauFort — comes from the Beaufort Scale of wind force, devised by Naval Officer Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805. A framework for measuring what cannot quite be controlled. A fitting metaphor for a house that has never sought consensus.

PER FUMUM
The word perfume derives from the Latin per fumum
— through smoke.

After delving into the history of scent-making, Leo resolved that BeauFort’s fragrances would be built literally on this etymology: harnessing the many olfactory facets of smoke — gunpowder, tar, incense, charred wood, salt-scorched rope — to create singular works that seek to evoke memories both real and apparitional.

These are not fragrances designed to please. They are designed to provoke; to cast light on forgotten moments, to carry fragments of history on the wind.