Henley Woods
A Market Town On The Thames, In A Jar.
Bonnie Marwick founded this in 2022 in Henley-on-Thames, and rather than reaching for the usual fragrance notes she went outside and used what was there. Tweed. Summer Fields, which is hyacinth and ripe pear doing a June meadow. Briar Rose, from the hedgerows. Clementine, with bergamot and orange spice over lavender and jasmine. The result smells like a specific stretch of English countryside rather than like a perfume counter's idea of one.
The candles are hand poured with cotton wicks placed individually, run to around fifty hours, and come with embossed moulded labels made by craftsmen who clearly enjoyed themselves. The bath and body side runs to bubble bath, body and hand wash and lotion, glycerine enriched, in the same fragrances so the whole evening can match. Best of all are the hand blown glass cloches on fluted, lightly whitewashed wooden bases, an old trick for keeping a candle dust free and holding its perfume until you lift the dome. Part of the profits goes to the Woodland Trust.
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