Penhaligon's Trade Routes Alizarin Eau de Parfum is a rich, port-like sophisticated-sweetness that envelops like a warm breeze. The emotional depths achieved by the rare resins, pronounced leather & Vetiver are such that one is bound to wonder if this fragrance was not worn by Cleopatra herself? Like a starry night in a warm Middle Eastern desert, Alizarin has stories to tell. Stories as Ancient as the Pharaohs, & as acclaimed as their perfumers. Intense & untamed it finds a more restrained etiquette with a soft, pigment-powdery dimension. A complex, traditional Oud, inspired by the pigment Alizarin, precious to the Egyptians when they needed to turn textiles red, & adopted by British generals when they needed to look dashing on the decks. (What better to set of the white of their breeches?) Head Notes
- Mandarin, Narcisse. Heart Notes
- Tuberose, Orris, Mimosa. Base Notes
- Oud, , Leather, Olibanum, Vetiver.