The first trip to the funfair, long yomps in the countryside and the scent of fresh rain on a summer’s day - nostalgic and distinctive, these are just some of the aromas to be discovered in our new range of Olfactor-y Gins. This range of perfume-inspired gins truly stretches the conventions of what a gin can be and do, and they’re ready to take you on a sensory journey from the faintly familiar to a full on immersive discovery.
Big Dipper Gin
Where sugar meet machinery.
Fairgrounds are such odd places as they’re both child-like and nostalgic but also slightly seedy and decrepit. The smell of fairgrounds carries these contradictions - sugar with machinery and dirt. All captured in this gin’s aromas.
The Waltzer
50ml Big Dipper Gin
20ml Lemon Juice
Dash Raspberry Cordial
100ml Cream Soda
Synaesthesiast Interpretation
By Philippa Stanton
Fresh Rain Gin
It actually smells like fresh rain.
We’ve long wanted to create gin that smells of petrichor (rain landing on dried soil). Using Geosmin is very popular in the world of niche/artisanal perfumery, as you can create really weird, earthy scents that smell like digging in soil - we used a beetroot distillation which is an ideal natural source for geosmin, and has that thick, dirty sweet smell you want for rain. And for the petrichor mouthfeel we included distilled edible Bentonite clay!
After The Rain
50ml Fresh Rain Gin
100ml Cucumber Tonic
Pinch Fresh Oregano
5 Melon Cubes
Synaesthesiast Interpretation
By Philippa Stanton
Dead King Gin
It actually smells like a dead ph… we’re kidding.
In the 19th century how did the intelligentsia get their kicks? By getting hold of an Egyptian mummy and coming together to watch as it was unwrapped by an Egyptologist. This gin takes the aromatics used in an embalming, and which you might find in, on or around a dead pharaoh.
The Sacred Bee
50ml Dead King Gin
15ml Lemon Juice
2tsp Lemon Curd
1tsp Orange Blossom Honey
Synaesthesiast Interpretation
By Philippa Stanton
Beware of The Woods
Think more Big Bad Wolf rather than Three Little Pigs.
Some of our favourite perfumes smell like going deep into the primordial forest. They smell like Big Bad Wolves. Lots of them blend the unlit cool of the coniferous, with a beam of amber-y warmth from where the sun just gets in.
Dark Woods Negroni
25ml Beware of the Woods Gin
15ml Campari
35ml Sweet Rooibos Tea
1 Orange Wedge or Zest
Synaesthesiast Interpretation
By Philippa Stanton