FAQs

                                                      

 

These faqs are distilled from the many ranging questions I have been asked throughout the year and are designed to

answer most people's pressing questions. However you are welcome to ask anything around the Scents of Time range

- by emailing us

  1. Are samples available?

    A sample pack of all fragrances is due for manufacture by end Q1 2010

  2. Where can I physically sample the fragrances?

    Scents of Time has taken the decision to sell at only select retailers but see below where a very good idea of the aromas and modern day designer fragrances in the same family are detailed. A North American distributorship is being set up. (see

  3. www.aquadeluna.com (US sole distributor/agent)
  4. Can the fragrances be in any way linked to modern perfumes - just so I know without testing that I would like them?

Well we use Michael Edwards' fragrance families to describe my perfumes so there is a loose connection as follows:

The Lost Scent of Pompeii
PYXIS launched 2008    FEMALE EDP    Family WOODY MOSSY
Some fragrances in the same family:
Miss Dior Cherie (Dior), Gucchi Rush (Gucchi), Narciso Rodriguez for her, Mitsouko (Guerlain)

Tutankhamen's aroma of intrigue
ANKH launched 2008    UNISEX EDP/EDT    Family WOODY ORIENTAL
Some fragrances in the same family:
Female    Dune (Dior) Samsara (Guerlain), Euphoria (Calvin Klein), Prada.

Male         Fahrenheit (Dior) Terre D’Hermes (Hermes) Zara Man, Beyond Paradise men (Lauder)    

The Sacred scent of Cleopatra
NENUFAR launched 2008    FEMALE EDP    Family WATER
Some fragrances in the same family:
L'eau D'Issey d'ete (Issey Miyake), Polo Sport Woman (Ralph Lauren), Sunflowers (Elizabeth Arden), Escape (Calvin Klein).

Mystical Scent of the Americas
MAYA launch due fall 2008    FEMALE EDP    Family SOFT ORIENTAL
Some fragrances in the same family:
Ambre Sultan (Serge Lutyens & Palais Royal Shisheido), Opium (Yves St Laurent) Youth Dew (Estee Lauder), Maja (Myrurgia), Coco (Chanel).

Fragrance of the Future
NIGHT STAR    FEMALE EDP    Family FLORAL
Some fragrances in the same family:
Quelques Fleurs Royale (Houbigant),Nina (Nina Ricci), Fleurs de Rocaille (Caron) L'Air du Temps (Nina Ricci), Dolce Y Gabbana Light Blue.

6     How many fragrances will be in the Scents of Time range?

5 at present. It's intended to launch one a year over the next few years. Around a dozen more are envisaged... the search continues. 

7  Are they for male or female consumers?

Less than 100 years ago fragrances were used by all on the basis of what they liked. There was no male /female distinction (think of Blackadder, when in Elizabethan times men wore ruffs, ear rings and the like.) It was those "tricksy" marketing people who dreamed it all up. In the meantime Scents of Time has been receiving complimentary e mails from the "pink" market, and this has convinced us simply to follow historic precedent and not to make the distinction. So as from now all fragrances will be sold as EDP's (Eau de Parfums) in spray form to give better value for money

8 What is your pricing policy and philosophy?

Simply to provide a range of high quality fragrances with a genuine historic story behind them about 35% cheaper than the quality prestige designer fragrances and 35% more expensive than the "spun- out celebrity" fragrances. In aromatic terms, between beauty and the beast!

9  Are your fragrances tested on animals?  

Absolutely not!

      I am a supporter of Gerald Durrell's ten commandments on man's treatment of animals and in particular number 4- no animal   shall be killed for making luxury items.

As a believer in that I worked hard in the last century to ensure that the Company I worked for (Quest International - part of Unilever) did not use animal derivatives in its fragrances. In the past (decades ago) the industry used Civet, Castoreum (beaver) Musk and Ambergris (sperm whale). Only the last is still used in the industry as the whale is not killed- effectively its whale vomit found by serendipity on the world's oceans! (look it up - makes an interesting read) Some of the chemicals in my fragrances may have historically been tested many years ago- I have no way of knowing- as there is a raft of only about 2000 aroma chemicals approved for use on human skins. But I certainly will never advocate present or future use of animal derivatives or testing in the industry and/or in my products

10 Tell us about your packaging?

It is a fact that a fine fragrance should be nicely packaged, but we're doing what we can with the environment in mind. Over 80% of the materials making up Scents of Time are from recycled product, and 97% of them are in turn able to be recycled again.

11 And your carbon footprint?

This is a tougher question to answer because the aromas for creating a perfume come for all over the world, and the formulae is secret, but taking everything into account my best estimate is that to make and pack one bottle of fragrance ready for shipment to you uses up less than one tenth of a mile. To get this figure I divided the mileage needed to get from manufacturers of components to the factory all the raw materials, averaging one thousand miles for the fragrance materials, and took into account the weight percentage of each of the materials in the final product. Don't forget that materials are sent out in bulk and we manufacture one thousand bottles at a time.

It helps that all the component suppliers are UK based apart from the bottle which comes from France (which I can see from my study window over the Channel!)

To get the product to you involves more mileage, but of course the postal service is picking up and shipping in bulk too!.

i hope that explanation is of some help.