Atkinsons 1799 - Oud Collection - Her Majesty the Oud
For a 100 years they will talk about the Khatun riding by…
Everyone called her Khatun, from camel riders to emirs. But in London the bold heroine of this perfume was known as Gertrude Bell. English adventuress, archaeologist, and diplomat of the Levant, Miss Bell was “Our Woman in Baghdad” during the Empire’s prime.
In this rich spicy-sweet evocation of oud we travel with Miss Bell as she did, on horseback through the burning deserts of Mesopotamia alongside tribal horsemen in embroidered cashmeri robes. Like her, this deliciously womanly and nomadic fragrance laces together Orient and Occident, mingling precious Turkish Rose-infused oud with the afternoon high tea delights of sweet red berry and apricot-scented osmanthus flowers.
An intrepid leather accord of saddle and bridle softly rounded by the powdery florality of iris and a desert whisper of vanilla expresses the Victorian elegance of this adventurous horsewoman. Miss Bell in her beautifully billowing muslin gowns was that rare thing: An English rose amongst Bedouin splendour.
Oud Collection
The Oud Collection captures that idyllic chapter in time when two great civilizations, England and the Orient, were perfectly entwined. Redolent of the romantic desert intrigue of sheikhs, kings, and emissaries, these rare and noble ouds are as British and exotic as the luminaries who inspired them: the dashing Crown Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, and his beloved Mabel Normand, the Hollywood enchantress; Gertrude Bell, the Victorian Queen of the desert, and Faisal I, the legendary Arabian King. The ensuing cosmopolitan bouquets are a richly fragrant entente between the Orient and bonny old England, which the house is pleased to revive in sumptuously packaged imperial Eaux de Parfums.
