Mark BuxtonMessage in a Perfume

At the heart of this fragrance lies one particular memory: a holiday in the Maldives, twenty years ago. He was staying on an exclusive island that only a handful of people were allowed to visit. “I was there with a beautiful woman, my girlfriend at the time, and I can still picture all of it perfectly: how her skin smelled, how the wind felt on my face, the scent of the exotic flowers.” They felt as though they were far away from the rest of the world. All they did, he says, was lie in the sun, catch fish when they were hungry and cook on the beach. Buxton felt rather like Robinson Crusoe, with one clear difference: he had no wish to be rescued. Message in a Perfume is the bottled version of this paradisiacal memory, held not in a note but in a blissful composition. When you open the ‘bottle’, a gentle breeze drifts towards you with the fresh, floral notes of neroli and gardenia. Your senses are then carried to the heart of the fragrance, which is more sensual. Jasmine, ylang-ylang and orange blossom enchant you with their sultry femininity, warmed by a base of wood and amber. The beautiful black bottle lends your perfume collection a classy, minimalist touch.