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Penhaligon's

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British perfume house

Penhaligon's is a British perfume house founded in the late 1860s by William Henry Penhaligon, a Cornish barber who moved to London and became Court Barber and Perfumer to Queen Victoria.2 It was founded by William Penhaligon.1 It is part of Puig.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Penhaligon's is a British perfume house founded in the late 1860s by William Henry Penhaligon, a Cornish barber who moved to London and became Court Barber and Perfumer to Queen Victoria.2

Corporate structure

Penhaligon's is part of a group headed by Puig. 14 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by William Penhaligon in 1870.1

William Penhaligon started his working life as a barber within the London and Provincial Turkish Bath Company's London Hammam at 76 Jermyn Street, one of London's most fashionable streets. As was typical of barbers then, Penhaligon created his own products to sell to his clients, many of whom were politicians of the age. Penhaligon's first shop was within the Turkish baths, with a second entrance directly from the street. This is where Penhaligon created his signature perfume, Hammam Bouquet. The second shop opened at 33 St James's Street and was attached to the Jermyn Street store at the rear. In the late 1920s, the business moved to Bury Street. The original buildings were destroyed in The Blitz in 1941, but the store on Bury Street remained untouched. The Bury Street premises operated until the mid-1950s, when Penhaligon's was purchased by Geo. F. Trumper, continuing to be manufactured from the basement of Trumper's Curzon Street premises, and slowly fell into obscurity until the brand was revived and a shop opened in Wellington Street, Covent Garden in 1977.

Penhaligon's today is wholly owned by Spanish fashion and fragrance company Puig International SA, after acquisition in 2015.

Manufacture of their perfumes has now been moved from the UK to Spain and other countries.

From Wikipedia’s article on Penhaligon's, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Penhaligon's, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • perfume

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Stores

Besides the flagship store in Covent Garden, locations in London include the Burlington Arcade, Canary Wharf, Battersea Power Station, Regent Street, Mayfair, Kings Road, Islington, the Royal Exchange, and a second Covent Garden store has opened. A store is also located within Bicester Village.

Other shops have also been established outside of the capital in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, Cambridge, Bath, Brighton, Bluewater, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, York, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Chester, as well as internationally in Paris, New York City, Hong Kong, Canada, Ireland, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Macau.

Products

Hammam Bouquet – 1872; the company's first scent

Blenheim Bouquet – 1902; the company's longest surviving bespoke fragrance, created for the Duke of Marlborough and named for Blenheim Palace

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English Fern – 1910

Douro Eau de Portugal- 1911; name changed to Lords, reverted to Douro

Lily of the Valley – 1976

Violetta – 1976 – (no longer in production)

Bluebell – 1978

Victorian Posy – 1979 (No longer in production)

Elisabethan Rose – 1984 (No longer in production)

Racquets – 1989 (No longer in production)

Cornubia – 1991

Quercus – 1996

Castile – 1998

LP No.9 for ladies – 1998

LP No.9 for men – 1999

Artemisia – 2002; Was nominated for a FiFi Fragrance Foundation award in the Nouveau Niche category in 2002.

Endymion – 2003

Malabah – 2003

Lavandula – 2004

Ellenisia – 2005

Opus 1870 – 2005; Created as a celebration of Penhaligon's heritage

Lily & Spice – 2006 (No longer in production)

Elixir – 2008 (No longer in production)

Amaranthine – 2009 (No longer in production)

Sartorial – 2010

Juniper Sling – 2011

Peoneve – 2012

Vaara – 2013; Created for Maharajah Gaj Singh II

Iris Prima – 2013; Created in collaboration with English National Ballet

Bayolea – 2014; A modernised version of a bay rum tonic from Penhaligon's archives

Between July 2009 and 2011, Penhaligon's reissued a selection of perfumes from their archives under the banner of the Anthology Collection:

Eau de Cologne – 1927 (No longer in production)

Zizonia – 1930

Eau de Verveine – 1949 (No longer in production)

Extract of Limes – 1963 (No longer in production)

Gardenia – 1976

Night Scented Stock – 1976

Orange Blossom – 1976

Jubilee Bouquet – 1977 (No longer in production)

Esprit du Roi – 1983

Eau sans Pareil – 1988

In September 2014, Penhaligon's launched the Trade Routes collection, comprising four fragrances inspired by the explosion of trade in London at the end of the 19th Century:

Empressa – 2014; Inspired by the silks and extravagant goods traded through London

Levantium – 2014; Inspired by the goods stacked high on the wharves, described in a John Masefield poem (Discontinued)

Lothair – 2014; Inspired by and named for the last and biggest Tea Clipper ship (Discontinued)

As Sawira – 2015; Inspired by Essaouira, the first Sea Port in Morocco (Limited Edition; Discontinued)

Halfeti – 2015

Cairo – 2018

Babylon – 2019

Halfeti Cedar – 2020 (Discontinued)

Halfeti Leather – 2020

Constantinople – 2021 (Discontinued)

Legacy of Petra – 2022 (Discontinued)

AlUla – 2024

In 2015 Penhaligon's launched two new fragrances inspired by the wilds of the British Coastline.

Blasted Heath – 2015; Inspired by the power of the sea.

Blasted Bloom – 2015; Inspired by the wild flora of the British Coastline.

Equinox Bloom – 2016; The first 2016 launch from Penhaligon's, Equinox Bloom is inspired by the loved British tradition of Afternoon Tea

From Wikipedia’s article on Penhaligon's, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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