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 worldwide?

    2ml samples of NENUFAR and PYXIS are available on request (one per address) However if demand becomes excessive these will have to be purchased at a nominal amount via the website to cover cost of packaging/postage. We hope to package Ankh with the fourth fragrance after launch.

  2. Where can I physically sample the fragrances?

    Scents of Time is a very new company and the perfumes only just being rolled out (distributors welcome to contact). In the short term testers are available for all the fragrances at the British Museum in London England.

  3. Where can I buy?

    Presently on this website or the website of The British Museum (www.britishmuseum.org). Go to shop online and type "Perfumes" into their search bar.

  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 2007    FEMALE EDP    Family WOODY MOSSY
    Some fragrances in the same family:
    Miss Dior Cherie (Dior), Gucchi Rush (Gucchi), Narciso Rodriguez for her, Mitsouko (Guerlain)

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

    The Sacred scent of Cleopatra
    NENUFAR launched 2007    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).

    The true treasure of RMS Titanic
    NIGHT STAR (potential launch 2009)    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.

    NIGHT STAR (potential launch 2009)    Male EDT    Family AROMATIC
    Some fragrances in the same family:
    Echo (Davidoff) Cool Water Sea, Scents and Sun (Davidoff), Bvgari pour Homme.

  5. Will Scents of Time be available in the shops?

    The range is being rolled out in the UK to selective outlets and then Europe and the USA will follow just as soon as logistics are in place.

  6. Are the fragrances available in anything other than 100ml bottles?

    We will be moving to 50 ml bottles in September when I launch MAYA to lower the price entry point.

  7. What is your next launch?

    The next launch is MAYA - the mystical scent of the Americas of which more news in September 2008.

  8. What about the RMS Titanic fragrances we have heard about in the past? Didn't you come back from USA with samples in 2001?

    Yes we have examined the findings and created a female and male fragrance based on the samples. NIGHT STAR awaits hopefully successful completion of final discussions with RMS Titanic in Atlanta.

  9. Where are you going next in your search?

    That would be telling... but needless to say I go to some odd corners of the world where I have picked up clues and stories. India, Sri Lanka and Africa figure on my list-as do Iran and Tibet but I'm not sure these latter countries would believe I'm coming to capture aromas!

  10. Have you travelled to many countries?

    100 so far!

  11. Is your name really Hunter? (As in the Perfume Hunter?)

    It may be that my Northern family have Scottish connections with the Hunter clan whose motto is Cursum perficio which means "I finish the hunt."

    On that note I should add that I am against the use of animals for any form of luxury product. Any animalic aromas in my fragrances (which naturally have to match their historical counterpart) are synthesized by sophisticated chemistry. Mine is a hunt of a different nature.

  12. Do the Dragons help you much?

    Well the money for launch from Peter and Theo was very important to begin with, and then Theo suggested we link to the Ryman website which got us off the ground in terms of reaching the marketplace early. I meet with their supportive back up team regularly and I'm hoping they get me the kind of media exposure they got for Levi Roots! Peter and Theo come up with some real gems in terms of business guidance.

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

    It's intended to launch two a year over the next few years. Around a dozen are envisaged... the search continues.

  14. This is a mix of "Time team" and "What the Romans ever did for us". When will the documentary /series be shown?

    A great concept, but unfortunately TV Companies seem to think "aromas don't work on the TV". By the way these same Companies have programmes on wine and cookery (taste is 70% the sense of smell). Maybe one day Discovery, History or National Geographic channels will make contact, but here in the UK there's no real sense of adventure.