Ormonde Jayne: perfume for the well travelled

Luxury British perfumer Linda Pilkington on the art of making evocative scents

Ormonde Jayne bottles

Ormonde Jayne’s bijou London store is situated in the Victorian Royal Arcade just off Old Bond Street. You can’t miss it, because the perfume house has sweeping orange curtains that appear to start somewhere near the clouds and an angular-shaped wooden island that looks like it was fashioned by a modernist artist. This central display is lit by an equally sculptural light which casts a warm glow over elegant scent bottles and candles, each formulated from rare and elusive ingredients from around the world, enveloping the wooden-clad interior in a rich and seductive smell that transports you to exotic idylls.

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