7 British Fragrance Brands Editors Are Obsessed With

While France is renowned for its perfume industry, some of the most famous perfumeries hail on UK soil. British perfumers are beginning to shake things up, with industry heavyweights such as Jo Malone London long flying the flag and more niche perfume brands stepping onto the scene. British perfume brands are expanding and creating scents to meet the standards of even the most sophisticated noses. 

''Fragrance is still dominated by France, and for good reason—they have a long history of amazing perfumers and fragrance production,'' says Ruth Mastenbroek, founder of Ruth Mastenbroek Perfumer London. "We have so much amazing natural beauty on our British shores, and it is this perspective that I feel British perfumery can bring to the world. I am inspired by my surroundings and family connections who originate from across the British Isles; a Welsh mother, Irish grandmother, English father, and Scottish ancestors. I feel compelled to tell the story of my own life experiences and to conjure this up through unexpected and original fragrances" she explains.

Perfumes are certainly subjective, yet some brands seem to always knock it out of the park, think the likes of Chanel, Le Labo, and Hermès, to name but a few. That being said, the British perfumery industry is hot on their tails, with long-standing brands and new talent making a name for themselves within the industry and among consumers. 

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With endless choices and no signs of slowing down, curating our perfume wardrobes is very much limitless. To make the process a little bit easier, we put our noses to the job to bring you seven of the best British perfume brands you should have on your radar.

1. Jo Malone London

2. Ruth Mastenbroek Perfumer London

3. Medeau

4. Panah London

5. Penhaligon's

6. Jo Loves

7. 4160 Tuesdays

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Zeynab Mohamed is a London-based freelance beauty journalist, covering beauty, wellness, lifestyle and identity-related content. Her background in psychology and her identity as a Black woman has influenced a lot of her writing and has become a driving force to create engaging content that touches on a perspective that is often neglected and speaks to other Black women who love beauty as much as she does. She is inspired by how individuals engage with beauty and how beauty can make you feel but also how beauty holds the power to connect individuals across the globe to form communities. She began her career in beauty journalism with the British Vogue team, where she discovered that beauty isn’t just frivolous but can be a tool to empower individuals and give them a voice which they were not afforded.

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