Beaufort London Rake & Ruin EDP 50ml

BeauFort London Rake & Ruin Eau de Parfum is a decadent, satirical fragrance inspired by the visual world of 18th-century artist and social commentator William Hogarth. It evokes his infamous depictions of excess, vice, and moral collapse—transporting the wearer into a gin-soaked London filled with smoke, shadow, and theatrical chaos.

This is a fragrance built like a narrative: vivid, unruly, and deliberately provocative.

The composition opens with a sharp, effervescent burst of gin-inspired botanicals—angelica, juniper, coriander, Szechuan pepper, pink pepper, orange, and lemon. The effect is bright yet spiced, like a fractured citrus spirit laced with herbal bitterness and nervous energy. It immediately sets a tone of intoxication and volatility.

At the heart, the fragrance descends into darker territory. Cypress and pine needles create a smoky, resinous woodland feel, while castoreum, labdanum, cade oil, and costus introduce animalic depth and tar-like intensity. Powdery facets of violet and orris soften the edges, adding an unsettling elegance—beauty layered over decay.

The base settles into a dense, lingering trail of dark woods, ambrarome, sandalwood, and musk. Animalic and smoky, yet strangely smooth, it leaves behind a seductive but slightly sinister impression—like embers fading in a deserted tavern after a night of excess.

Created as part of BeauFort London’s uncompromising narrative approach, Rake & Ruin transforms perfumery into theatre—where fragrance becomes character, setting, and moral commentary all at once.

 

Fragrance Notes
Top notes: angelica, liquorice, juniper, coriander, Szechuan pepper, pink pepper, orange, lemon
Heart notes: cypress, pine needles, castoreum, labdanum, cade oil, costus, violet, orris
Base notes: dark woods, ambrarome, sandalwood, musk

 

A bold, theatrical fragrance of gin-soaked vice, smoky woods, and dark historical storytelling.