The Inimitable William Penhaligon Walks in Silk Slippers

When Mr Penhaligon first made cologne for royals and nobility, he had set up in Mayfair, the centre of Old-World civility. Our Dear Queen Victoria and the Shah of Persia soon wore his scent, and the request for a Royal Warrant had swift regal consent. This was 1870, and the world was discovering what would one day be his legacy. The above is all true. This is the way Pengaligon's, the Briti...